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Ilie LazÄr
1895–1976
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- politician
Ilie LazÄr (born December 12, 1895, GiuleÈti, MaramureÈ County - d.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Sighet prisonDates unknown
Biography
Ilie LazÄr (born December 12, 1895, GiuleÈti, MaramureÈ County - d. November 6, 1976 Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian jurist and politician, a leading member of the National Peasants' Party in the interwar period and the right-hand man of Iuliu Maniu. LazÄr fought in World War I to release CernÄuÈi, then he and Moldavian troops participated in the liberation of Sighet, where he would be imprisoned 34 years later. He was firstly a member of the Romanian National Party and in 1928 he won the seat of deputy for the National Peasants' Party. In 1946, before the parliamentary elections, he was arrested by the communist authorities on charges of treason, was imprisoned for seven months. His wife, Maria LazÄr, won the seat of deputy in his place, proving his popularity. In 1947 is involved in TÄmÄdÄu Affair, the starting point of a lawsuit filed against personalities of National Peasants' Party (PNÈ). On November 12, 1947, after the trial, he was sentenced to 12 years hard imprisonment, 5 years loss of citizenship, confiscation of property, and 50,000 lei costs of the proceedings. LazÄr was first sent to a prison in GalaÈi; in 1951 he was transferred to the notorious Sighet Prison, and in 1956 he was sent to a prison in Râmnicu SÄrat.
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