How to Pronounce Nicolae Pleșiță
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Apr 16, 1929 Curtea de Argeș, Arges, Romania Died on 28 Sep 2009 (aged 80)
Romanian intelligence official
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About Nicolae Plei
- Nicolae Ple?i?a (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e 'ple?it?s?]; April 26, 1929 – September 28, 2009) was a Romanian intelligence official and secret police investigator.
- From 1980 to 1984, he led the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Securitate, the secret service of Communist Romania.
- He was described by the New York Times and Associated Press at the time of his death as "a die-hard Communist and ruthless chief of the Securitate secret police."A participant in various actions taken against armed or peaceful anti-communist groups, Ple?i?a began his career as a Romanian Communist Party cadre, and rose through the ranks of the Securitate while holding various political offices in the Interior Ministry.
- Personally involved in the brutal interrogation of dissidents such as Paul Goma, and allegedly the person masterminding several attacks on the Romanian diaspora, he is most remembered for his connections with the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
- He arranged for Carlos to be sheltered in Romania after the bombing of Radio Free Europe and was accused, but eventually found innocent in a Romanian court, of complicity in the bombing.
- After the successful 1989 Revolution, Ple?i?a was also noted for openly admitting his various involvements in acts of violence, and for claiming that they were justified by circumstance.
