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Mar 30, 1874 Călimănești, Vâlcea County, Romania Died on 16 May 1953 (aged 79)
Prime Minister of Romania
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- Nicolae Radescu (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e r?'desku]; 30 March 1874, Calimane?ti – 16 May 1953, New York City) was a Romanian army officer and political figure.
- He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from 7 December 1944 to 1 March 1945. Before World War II, he was the leader of a far right party called Cruciada Românismului ("The Crusade of Romanianism"), the splinter group of the Iron Guard created by Mihai Stelescu. In 1942, during Ion Antonescu's dictatorship, Radescu wrote an article critical of the German ambassador Manfred Freiherr von Killinger and his constant intrusion in the internal affairs of Romania.
- He was interned as a political prisoner in the Târgu Jiu camp.
- On 23 August 1944, immediately after Antonescu's downfall, Radescu was released from prison and appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Romanian Army. He became prime minister on 7 December 1944.
- In this position he tried to adopt strong anti-Communist policies modelled on those of the George Papandreou Greek government.
- At the end of February 1945, the Communist Party of Romania and its allies organised a mass rally in front of the Royal Palace to call for his resignation.
- As the protest carried on, unknown persons opened fire from the Interior Ministry building situated across the street, killing some ten persons.
- Held responsible for this by the Soviets and the Romanian Communists, Radescu was forced to resign.
- Andrey Vyshinsky (at the direction of Joseph Stalin) warned that the Soviet Union would not allow Northern Transylvania to be awarded back to Romania if Radescu were to remain prime minister.
- He resigned his position on 1 March. On 6 March 1945, the first Communist-dominated government of Romania took office under the direction of Petru Groza.
- Over the next few years, the Communists completely consolidated their power. In 1945, pursued by the Communist authorities, Radescu sought refuge in the British legation, stayed there for about two months, and was then handed over to Romanian authorities, who had guaranteed his safety but placed him under house arrest.
- In June 1946, he managed to flee on board a plane to the British Crown colony of Cyprus, where he was detained by the authorities until the Paris Peace Treaties were signed.
- Via Lisbon and Paris he ended up in the United States.
- Once in America, he and other exiled Romanian political figures, including Augustin Popa, Mihail Farca?anu, Grigore Gafencu, and Constantin Vi?oianu, came together to form a united anti-communist opposition in exile called the Romanian National Committee.
- In 1950, after disagreements within the Committee, he is one of the founders of the Liga Românilor Liberi ("The League of Free Romanians"), together with Grigore Gafencu, Nicolae Caranfil, Mihail Farca?anu, Carol "Citta" Davila, Viorel V.
- Tilea, general Ion Gheorghe and Vintila Bratianu.Radescu died in 1953 in New York City.
- At the initiative of Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu, the remains of General Radescu were brought back to Romania in 2000.
- Following the wishes expressed in his testament, he was reburied in the Orthodox Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest on 23 November 2000.
