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Biography of Ion Antonescu

Ion Antonescu (1882-1946) was a Romanian statesman and military leader, serving as the military dictator ("Conducător") of Romania from 1940 to 1944.

He was born on June 2, 1882, in Pitesti. Antonescu began his career as the Chief of the Romanian General Staff in 1933, and later became the Minister of Defense in 1938.

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In September 1940, he assumed dictatorial powers in Romania.

Antonescu signed the protocol of Romania's accession to the Axis Powers and led the country into war against the Soviet Union in June 1941, on the side of Nazi Germany.

However, on August 23, 1944, he was arrested as a war criminal following an anti-fascist uprising. He was sentenced to death by the People's Tribunal on June 1, 1946, and executed.

Ion Antonescu came from a military and landowning family.

He received his education at a military school and college in Fra