List of people executed in Romania

Hanging scene by the Moldavian scribe Năstase Negrule, in a 1790 copy of the Alexander Romance

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, July 20, 1514
• Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
  • Sándor Kendi, anti-Habsburg noble, August 30, 1594
  • Balthasar Báthory, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
  • Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
  • István Jósika, statesman, September 11, 1598
  • Starina Novak, prisoner of war, February 5, 1601

The execution of Horea and Cloșca in Alba Iulia, February 28, 1785

• Habsburg monarchy
  • Horea and Cloșca, leaders of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan, February 28, 1785
  • Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, August 22, 1849
  • The 13 Martyrs of Arad, generals in the 1848 revolution, October 6, 1849
• Moldavia
  • Luca Arbore, diplomat, April 1523
  • Bartolomeo Bruti, diplomat, 1591
  • Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601
  • Nichifor Beldiman, statesman, c. 1616
  • Alexandru Coci, statesman, 1653
  • Vasile Gheuca and Gavril Costachi, statesmen, 1680
  • Manolache Bogdan and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, August 18, 1778
• Wallachia
  • Udrea Băleanu, statesman, c. May 1601
  • Leca of Cătun, statesman, February or March 1616
  • Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, April to September 1657
  • Istratie Leurdeanu, statesman, 1658
  • Diicul Buicescul, pretender, July 1659
  • Constantin I Cantacuzino, statesman, 1663
  • Staico Bucșanu [ro], statesman, June 7, 1693
• Ottoman Empire
  • Lupu Mehedințeanu, statesman, 1618
  • Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia, February 18, 1799
• Hungarian State
  • Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, May 11, 1849
  • Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, May 23, 1849
• Austria-Hungary
  • Emil Rebreanu, military officer, May 14, 1917

Kingdom of Romania

Execution of Ion Antonescu, Mihai Antonescu, Gheorghe Alexianu, and Constantin Vasiliu [ro] at Jilava Prison, June 1, 1946

• Filimon Sârbu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, July 19, 1941
• Francisc Panet, communist activist, November 7, 1941
• Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, March 28, 1942
• Nicolae Mohănescu, socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
• Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, February 8, 1943
• Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, June 1, 1946
• Mihai Antonescu, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, June 1, 1946
• Gheorghe Alexianu, governor of Transnistria, June 1, 1946
• Constantin Vasiliu [ro], general and Gendermarie commander, June 1, 1946

Communist period

• Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with 6 other members of his group), October 28, 1949
• Remus Koffler, communist activist, April 17, 1954
• Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, purged justice minister, April 17, 1954
• Eugen Țurcanu, Pitești Prison figure, December 17, 1954
• Iosif Capotă, anti-communist resistance fighter, September 2, 1958
• Toma Arnăuțoiu, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with his brother and 14 other members of his group), July 18, 1959
• Oliviu Beldeanu [ro], lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, February 18, 1960
• Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1960
• Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, May 29, 1962
• Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, October 23, 1971
• Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, December 14, 1981
• Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, May 12, 1987
• Vasile Trifan, convicted murderer, May 13, 1987[1][2]

Romanian Revolution

Main article: Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

• Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, December 25, 1989
• Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, December 25, 1989

See also

• Capital punishment in Romania

References

1. Guță, Daniel (February 10, 2022). "Ultimul român condamnat la moarte în Hunedoara anilor '80. Mii de oameni furioși au asistat la proces". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved May 8, 2023.
2. Sălăgean, Adrian. "Povestea unuia din ultimii condamnați la moarte în Hunedoara în anii comunismului". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved May 8, 2023.