Ion Dinca
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Ion Dincă was a Romania
n communist
politician and Army general who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Bucharest
under the Communist regime
.
Born in Cobia
, Dâmboviţa County
, in 1947, he moved to Făgăraş
, where he worked as a lathe
machinist at Nitramonia company, also joining the Romanian Communist Party
. 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.
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 Mayor of Bucharest, 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 Ceauşescu not to give in to the protesters. Arrested on 2 February 1990, Dincă was sentenced to death, which was commuted to prison and he was freed after five years and three months. Afterwards, he worked for one of the companies of his son-in-law, Nicolae Badea.
Romania
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n communist
Communism
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politician and Army general who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Bucharest
Mayor of Bucharest
The Mayor of Bucharest , sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for city-wide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards...
under the Communist regime
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
.
Born in Cobia
Cobia, Dâmbovita
Cobia is a commune in Romania. It is located in Dâmboviţa County. It is composed of ten villages: Blidari, Călugăreni, Căpşuna, Cobiuţa, Crăciuneşti, Frasin-Deal, Frasin-Vale, Gherghiţeşti , Mănăstirea and Mislea....
, Dâmboviţa County
Dâmbovita County
Dâmbovița ; also spelt Dîmbovița is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 541,763 and the population density was 134/km²...
, in 1947, he moved to Făgăraş
Fagaras
Făgăraș is a city in central Romania, located in Braşov County . Another source of the name is alleged to derive from the Hungarian language word for "partridge" . A more plausible explanation is that the name is given by Fogaras river coming from the Pecheneg "Fagar šu", which means ash water...
, where he worked as a lathe
Lathe
A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.Lathes are used in woodturning,...
machinist at Nitramonia company, also joining the Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the...
. He graduated from two military academies
Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, air force or coast guard, which normally provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.Three...
, and in 1968, he was named a military adviser of the president and deputy of the Military Department of the Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
, in charge with Internal Affairs, State Security, Justice and the prosecutor's office.
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 Mayor of Bucharest, between 1976 and 1979, being in charge when the demolitions of central Bucharest
Ceausima
Ceauşima is a vernacular word construction in Romanian, sarcastically linking former Communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu to Hiroshima. This portmanteau term was sometimes coined in the 1980s to describe the huge urban areas of Bucharest that Ceauşescu ordered torn down, comparing the results with...
occurred. Dincă was a deputy Prime Minister between 1979 and 1989.
During the 1989 Revolution
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
, he was among the people who encouraged Ceauşescu not to give in to the protesters. Arrested on 2 February 1990, Dincă was sentenced to death, which was commuted to prison and he was freed after five years and three months. Afterwards, he worked for one of the companies of his son-in-law, Nicolae Badea.