Ioan Hudiță (August 1, 1896 – March 21, 1982) was a
Romania
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n historian and politician.
Born in
Bogdănești,
Baia County, he attended gymnasium at
Fălticeni (1907–1911) and high school in
Iași
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(1911–1914). He then entered
Iași University, studying history and geography within the letters faculty, and in the law faculty. He earned two degrees: in law (1918) and in geography, letters and philosophy (1919). From 1919 to 1921, he taught at Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School in
Chișinău
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. In 1927, he obtained a doctorate from the
University of Paris
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, with a thesis about 17th-century relations between France and the
Principality of Transylvania. He was associate professor of diplomatic history at Iași University from 1928 to 1935, as well as teaching at the Military High School. From 1935 to 1938, he was associate professor at the
Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies in
Bucharest
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. Teaching diplomatic history, he held a similar rank in the
University of Bucharest
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’s history faculty from 1941 to 1944, rising to full professor from 1944 to 1947.
[Satco and Niculică, p. 182]
A member of the
National Peasants' Party, of which he was adjunct general secretary from 1940, he was first elected to the
Assembly of Deputies in 1932. From 1944 to 1945, he was Agriculture Minister under
Constantin Sănătescu and
Nicolae Rădescu
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. In October 1947, he was arrested by the
Romanian Communist Party
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-dominated government. Held at
Văcărești,
Craiova
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It i ...
and
Sighet prisons, he was released in December 1955. From 1956 to 1959, he was principal researcher at Bucharest's Nicolae Iorga History Institute. He was again under arrest from December 1961 to July 1962. He collected archival documents about Romania in Paris, London, Brussels and Berlin, which he did not have a chance to publish. He wrote studies about
Franco-Romanian diplomatic relations, and about the modern history of Romania. He left unpublished studies of the May 1864 coup, the 1862-1863 Constantinople conference resulting in the definitive
Union of the Principalities, and the issue of
capitulations and the great powers during the time of
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Alexandru Ioan Cuza (, or Alexandru Ioan I, also Anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first ''domnitor'' (prince) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as List of monarchs of Moldavia ...
. He died in Bucharest.
His daughter, Ioana (1922–2008), was married to historian
Dan Berindei. The two had a son, noted historian
Mihnea Berindei (1948–2016). Their daughter, Ruxandra, was born in 1951 at Văcărești Prison, while her mother was incarcerated there;
Dan Berindei only saw his daughter after 11 months, while Ioana was still detained at
Mislea Prison.
Notes
References
*Emil Satco, Alis Niculică (eds.), ''Enciclopedia Bucovinei'', Vol. II. Suceava: Editura Karl A. Romstorfer, 2018.
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1896 births
1982 deaths
People from Suceava County
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni
Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Academic staff of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Academic staff of the University of Bucharest
Romanian historians
National Peasants' Party politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Ministers of agriculture of Romania
Inmates of Sighet prison
Inmates of Văcărești Prison
People detained by the Securitate
Romanian prisoners and detainees