Iosif Dan

Iosif Dan (commonly known as Dan Iosif, 14 October 1950 – 5 December 2007^[1]) was a Romanian politician who was a leading figure in the 1989 Romanian Revolution, leading protests in Bucharest in the final days of Nicolae Ceauşescu's 25-year rule.

Iosif was born in Bucharest. In 1969, he graduated from 'Şcoala de maiştri militari', a military school in Sibiu, Romania. Iosif was a presidential adviser and faithful political adept of Ion Iliescu, permanently being a member of Iliescu's party (FSN, FDSN, PDSR, and PSD). He served as a senator for multiple terms, and during his final days he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.^[2] A controversial figure, in 2006 he was heard in connection to the 1990 Mineriad, being investigated under suspicion of crimes against humanity and undermining state power, along with some twenty others.^[3] Iosif died of lung cancer in a clinic in Novosibirsk, Russia, where he had been undergoing treatment since November 2007.

References

1. "Dan Iosif, leading figure in Romanian revolution, dies". International Herald Tribune. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
2. "STRUCTURE OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ROMANIA 2004-2008". www.cdep.ro. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
3. Article from Gândul [1]

External links

• Obituary in The Times, 2 January 2008