Ion Dincă (November 3,

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

– January 9,

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) was a

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politician and

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general who served as Deputy

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and

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under the

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. Born in

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, in 1947, he moved to

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, where he worked as a

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machinist at Nitramonia company, also joining the

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. He graduated from two military academies, and in 1968, he was named a military adviser of the president and deputy of the Military Department of the Central Committee, in charge with Internal Affairs, State Security, Justice and the prosecutor's office. Joining the Communist Party in 1947, between 1969 and 1989, he was a member of the Central Committee and between 1976 and 1989, he was a member of the Executive Political Committee, being in charge with Industry, Agriculture and Constructions. He also served as

, between 1976 and 1979, being in charge when the demolitions of central Bucharest occurred. Dincă was a deputy Prime Minister between 1979 and 1989. During the 1989 Revolution, he was among the people who encouraged Ceaușescu not to give in to the protesters. On 2 February 1990, after a four-day trial, Dincă was sentenced to life in prison, confiscation of all property and payment of court charges. He was freed after about five years. Afterwards, he worked for one of the companies of his son-in-law, Nicolae Badea. Nicknamed "Te leagă" (He will tie you up) because of his eagerness to have people arrested, and Balconetti (because, while he was mayor of Bucharest he forbade people to modify their balconies), he had two daughters, both of whom used to be Arabic language teachers for the

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officers, who have settled in the United States after the

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of 1989. One of his daughters, Doina, married in the early 1980s future controversial businessman . Dincă died on January 9, 2007, and was buried at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest.

Awards

*Work Order, Second Class (1948) *"23 August" Order (three times) *Hero of Socialist Work (1981)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinca, Ion 1928 births 2007 deaths People from Dâmbovița County People of the Romanian revolution Romanian Communist Party politicians Romanian politicians convicted of crimes Romanian Land Forces generals Mayors of Bucharest Burials at Ghencea Cemetery