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Vasile Gafencu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
1917–1918
Personal details
Born(1886-02-01)1 February 1886
Sîngerei
Died16 March 1942(1942-03-16) (aged 56)
Arkhangelsk
Political partyNational Moldavian Party
ChildrenValeriu, Valentina, Eleonora, and Elizabeta

Vasile Gafencu (1 February 1886 – 16 March 1942) was a Bessarabian politician.

He was the father of Valeriu Gafencu (1921–1952), nicknamed The Saint of Prisons.[1]

Biography

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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.

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  • Moldovan stamp, 1998
    Moldovan stamp, 1998
  • The standing man is Vasile Gafencu
    The standing man is Vasile Gafencu

Bibliography

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  • 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)

Notes

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  1. ^ "Radio Romania International". www.rri.ro. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29.
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