Vasile Gafencu
Vasile Gafencu (1 February 1886 – 16 March 1942) was a Bessarabian politician.
Vasile Gafencu | |
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Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 1917–1918 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sîngerei | 1 February 1886
Died | 16 March 1942 56) Arkhangelsk | (aged
Political party | National Moldavian Party |
Children | Valeriu, Valentina, Eleonora, and Elizabeta |
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
- 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)
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