Vasile Gafencu

Vasile Gafencu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
1917–1918
Personal details
Born(1886-02-01)1 February 1886
Sîngerei
Died16 March 1942(1942-03-16) (aged 56)
Arkhangelsk
Political partyNational Moldavian Party
ChildrenValeriu, 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
    Moldovan stamp, 1998
  • The standing man is Vasile Gafencu
    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

  1. ^ "Radio Romania International". www.rri.ro. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29.

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