Constantin Titel Petrescu
Constantin Titel Petrescu (5 February 1888 – 2 September 1957) was a Romanian politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party.
He was born in Craiova, the son of an employee of the National Bank in Bucharest. After completing high school at Saint Sava College in 1903, he studied Philosophy and Law at the University of Bucharest, earning a J.D. degree. After auditing some penal law courses at Sorbonne University in Paris, he returned to Bucharest and registered in 1911 with the Ilfov County Bar as a defense lawyer.
In 1923, Petrescu stood trial for alleged insults addressed to the Romanian Army; with the help of a defense team that included Dem I. Dobrescu, he was acquitted. That same year, he joined Constantin Rădulescu-Motru, Virgil Madgearu, Constantin Costa-Foru, Victor Eftimiu, Grigore Iunian, Radu D. Rosetti, Dem Dobrescu, Nicolae L. Lupu, and Constantin Mille, in creating Liga Drepturilor Omului (the League for Human Rights), protesting against measures taken by the National Liberal cabinet of Ion I. C. Brătianu in dealing with left-wing opposition forces.
After the establishment of the communist regime, Petrescu was arrested on 6 May 1948. Detained at Jilava, Sighet, and Râmnicu Sărat prisons, he was liberated after 7 years in December 1955. He spent the rest of his life in hospital, suffering from scurvy and tuberculosis, a result of the harsh treatment he endured while in prison. He is buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.[1]
Streets in the Ghencea district of Bucharest and in Timișoara are named after him.
References[]
- ^ "Constantin Titel Petrescu, eliberat din închisoare de comuniști după ce și-a "recunoscut greșeala de a se fi opus unificării mișcării muncitorești"". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
External links[]
- (in Romanian) Constantin Titel Petrescu
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