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Vasile Milea (1 January 1927 – 22 December 1989) was a Romanian politician and military general who was 
Milea committed suicide. However, several members of his family claimed that he was killed on the orders of Ceaușescu. Milea was already in severe disfavour for sending troops to quell the uprising in
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He ...
's Minister of Defence during the Romanian Revolution
The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...
of 1989 and was involved in the reprisal phase of the Revolution that caused the deaths of 162 people.
Milea committed suicide. However, several members of his family claimed that he was killed on the orders of Ceaușescu. Milea was already in severe disfavour for sending troops to quell the uprising in Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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without ammunition. Whatever the case, Milea's death caused the rank-and-file soldiers to go over almost ''en masse'' to the revolution, effectively ending the Communist rule in Romania.
A report from 2005 after a full investigation including a post-mortem concluded that Milea killed himself using the weapon of one of his attendants. It was suggested that he only tried to incapacitate himself in order to be relieved from office, but the bullet hit an artery and he died soon afterwards.
A boulevard in Sector 6
Sector 6 ( ro, Sectorul 6) is an administrative unit of Bucharest.
Quarters
* Crângași
* Drumul Taberei
* Ghencea
* Giulești
* Militari
* Regie
Politics
Ciprian Ciucu, a national liberal (i.e. PNL member), is currently the sector's ma ...
of Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...
used to be named after him until 2021. A street in Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commun ...
is still named after him, as well as a central square in Pitești
Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...
.
References
Works
* Vasile Milea, Victor Atanasiu, ''România în anii primului război mondial: caracterul drept, eliberator al participării României la război'', vol. 2, Ed. Militară, Bucharest, 1987. 1927 births 1989 suicides Chiefs of the General Staff of Romania People from Argeș County People of the Romanian Revolution Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian Ministers of Defence Romanian communists Members of the Great National Assembly Deaths by firearm in Romania {{Romania-politician-stub