Ghencea Cemetery is located in

Ghencea Ghencea is a district of the Romanian capital city Bucharest, in Sector 5 (Bucharest), Sector 5. It is home to the famous sports club CSA Steaua București. Nearby districts are Drumul Taberei and Rahova. History Construction of apartment blocks s ...

neighbourhood 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 of ...

, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian and military.

Notable interments

* Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, mathematician * Gheorghe Argeșanu, general and statesman * Grigore Bălan, general in World War II *

Iolanda Balaș Iolanda Balaș (, hu, Balázs Jolán, later ''Balázs-Sőtér Jolán''; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an ...

, athlete and Olympic champion * Maria Butaciu, performer of folklore music * Cornelia Catangă, singer *

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; ; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also ...

, communist activist and wife of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu *

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 ...

, first

President of Romania The president of Romania ( ro, Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania. Following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 2003, the president is directly elected by a two-round system and serves for five years. An indi ...

Nicu Ceaușescu Nicu Ceaușescu (; 1 September 1951 – 26 September 1996) was a Romanian physicist and communist politician who was the youngest child of Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was a close associate of his father's political regime ...

, communist politician and third son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu * Mihai Chițac, general and

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

* , folk singer from Sibiu *

Mihai Constantinescu Mihai Constantinescu (; born 20 August 1932–29 October 2019) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Filmography As director * '' Pe litoral mi-a rămas inima'' (1961) * '' Opt minute de vis'' (1965) * '' Cîntecele mării'' (1971) - ...

, musician * Florența Crăciunescu, Olympic athlete * , composer, conductor, and folklorist * Ion Dincă, communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and

Mayor of Bucharest The Mayor of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the ...

Aimée Iacobescu Aimée Iacobescu (1 June 1946 – 27 March 2018) was a Romanian actress.

, actress * Mariana Nicolesco, operatic soprano * Alexis Nour, journalist, activist, and essayist *

Gheorghe Pintilie Gheorghe Pintilie (born Panteley Timofiy Bodnarenko, ua, Пантелей Тимофій Боднаренко; also rendered as Pintilie Bodnarenco, nicknamed Pantiușa; November 9, 1902 – August 21, 1985) was a Soviet and Romanian intelligence ...

, first Director of the

Securitate The Securitate (, Romanian for ''security'') was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime ...

Temistocle Popa Themistocles Popa (; 27 June 1921 – 26 November 2013) was a Romanian composer, musician, and film actor. Life Temistocle Popa studied flute, harp, and saxophone at the National University of Music Bucharest. He then worked with musicians such a ...

, composer, musician, and film actor *

Tudor Postelnicu Tudor Postelnicu (13 November 1931 – 12 August 2017) was a Romanian Communist politician, who served as Director of the Securitate from March 1978 to October 1987, and then as Interior Minister until the 1989 Revolution. Biography Born in ...

, communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister *

Alexandru Șerbănescu Alexandru "Alecu" Șerbănescu (17 May 1912 in Colonești, Olt County – 18 August 1944 in Rușavăț, Buzău County) was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. At the end of Romania's campaign on the side of the ...

, flying ace in World War II * Toni Tecuceanu, comedy actor *

Costică Toma Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager. Playing career He was born in Brăila, into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland. Toma began his football career in 1940, wh ...

, footballer and coach *

Nicolae Tonitza Nicolae Tonitza (; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist g ...

, painter and illustrator *

Corneliu Vadim Tudor Corneliu Vadim Tudor (; 28 November 1949 – 14 September 2015) also colloquially known as "Tribunul" was the leader of the Greater Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Mare), poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament. H ...

, leader of the

Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Mare, PRM) is a Romanian nationalist political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor, it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The ...

, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament *

Ilie Verdeț Ilie Verdeț (10 May 1925 – 20 March 2001) was a Romanian communist politician who served as Romania’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1982. Biography Born in Comănești, Bacău County, and a miner from age 12, he joined the Romanian Commun ...

Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul Guvernului României, link=no), is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was ...

Gallery

File:Nicolae Ceaușescu Mormant.jpg, Former grave of

File:Ghencea Civil Poarta.jpg, Entrance to the Ghencea Civilian Cemetery File:GhenceaMasonicgrave.JPG, Grave in Ghencea cemetery, with

Masonic Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

symbol File:Alexandru Serbanescu, Ghencea.jpg, Grave of

File:Ceaușescu Grave.jpg, Grave of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

References

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