Gheorghe Taşcă was a Romanian economist

Economist

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 and politician

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He was the son of Gheorghe I. Taşcă, a local landowner and philanthropist

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He was professor of political economy

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 and rector

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 (1929–1931) of the Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies of Bucharest (now the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies). He was also corresponding member of the Romanian Academy

Romanian Academy

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. A liberal

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 and anti-fascist, he was arrested in 1950 by the Communist authorities and died on March 25, 1951 in the Sighet prison

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, Maramureş County

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 Romania

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