Vasile Gafencu
Vasile Gafencu | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 1917–1918 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sîngerei | 1 February 1886
Died | 16 March 1942 Arkhangelsk | (aged 56)
Political party | National Moldavian Party |
Children | Valeriu, Valentina, Eleonora, and Elizabeta |
Vasile Gafencu (1 February 1886 – 16 March 1942) was a Bessarabian politician.
He was the father of Valeriu Gafencu (1921–1952), nicknamed The Saint of Prisons.[1]
Biography[]
He served as Member of the Moldovan Parliament (1917–1918). After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina in 1940, Gafencu was deported to Siberia by the Soviet authorities.
Gallery[]
Moldovan stamp, 1998
The standing man is Vasile Gafencu
Bibliography[]
- Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Sfatul Țării: itinerar, Civitas, Chişinău, 1998, ISBN 9975-936-20-2
- Mihai Taşcă, Sfatul Țării şi actualele autorităţi locale, "Timpul de dimineaţă", no. 114 (849), June 27, 2008 (page 16)
Notes[]
External links[]
Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1942 deaths
- Romanian people of Moldovan descent
- People from Sîngerei District
- Moldovan MPs 1917–1918
- Moldovan politician stubs
- Romanian politician stubs