List of people executed in Romania
This is a list of people executed in Romania. The list includes judicial executions carried out on the territory of present-day Romania, whether by that state or its antecedents.
Earlier jurisdictions[]
- Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)
- György Dózsa, peasant revolt leader, 1514
- Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
- Sándor Kendi, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- Balthasar Báthory, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- István Jósika, statesman, 1598
- Starina Novak, prisoner of war, 1601
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Horea and Cloșca, leaders of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan, 1785
- Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, 1849
- The 13 Martyrs of Arad, generals in the 1848 revolution, 1849
- Moldavia
- Luca Arbore, diplomat, 1523
- , diplomat, 1592
- Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601
- , statesman, ca. 1616
- , statesman, 1653
- and , statesmen, 1680
- and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, 1778
- Wallachia
- Udrea Băleanu, statesman, 1600 or 1601
- Leca of Cătun, statesman, 1616
- Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, 1657
- , statesman, 1658
- Diicul Buicescul, pretender, 1659
- , statesman, 1663
- , statesman, ca. 1691
- Ottoman Empire
- , statesman, 1618
- Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia, 1799
- Hungarian State
- Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, 1849
- Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, 1849
- Austria-Hungary
- Emil Rebreanu, military officer, 1917
Kingdom of Romania[]
- Filimon Sârbu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1941
- Francisc Panet, communist activist, 1941
- Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
- , socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
- Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1943
- Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, 1946
- Mihai Antonescu, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, 1946
- Gheorghe Alexianu, governor of Transnistria, 1946
- , general and Gendermarie commander, 1946
Communist period[]
- Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1949
- Remus Koffler, communist activist, 1954
- Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, purged justice minister, 1954
- Eugen Țurcanu, Pitești Prison figure, 1954
- Iosif Capotă, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1958
- Toma Arnăuțoiu, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1959
- , lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, 1960
- Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1962
- Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1962
- Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, 1971
- Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, 1981
- Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, 1987
Romanian Revolution[]
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, 1989
- Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, 1989
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of executed people
- People executed by Romania