Victor Iamandi (February 15, 1891 – 26 November 1940) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

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who served as the Romanian Minister of Justice in 1938–1939, in several successive cabinets. He was born in Hodora,

Iași County Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a c ...

, the son of Ion and Lucreția Iamandi. He studied law at the

University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University ( Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia M ...

, graduating in 1914. From 1916 to 1922 he was a history teacher at the National High School in Iași. After he joined the National Liberal Party, he became a deputy in the lower house of the Parliament of Romania. Iamandi was assassinated at

Jilava Prison Jilava is a commune in Ilfov county, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava. The name derives from a Romanian word of Slavic origin ( Bulgarian жилав ''žilav'' (tough), which passed into Romanian as ...

, near

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, by members of the Iron Guard during the Jilava Massacre, due to the measures he took against the Guard during his ministerial service. A gymnasium in Munteni bears his name.

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* 1891 births 1940 deaths People from Iași County Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians National Renaissance Front politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian Ministers of Culture Romanian Ministers of Justice Romanian Ministers of Education Camarilla (Carol II of Romania) People murdered in Romania People assassinated by the Romanian Iron Guard Romanian schoolteachers {{romania-politician-stub