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Antonescu, Ion

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Antonescu, Ion (1886–1946)

Romanian general and politician. He headed a pro-German government during World War II, which enforced the Nazis' anti-Semitic policies, and was executed for war crimes in 1946.

Antonescu became prime minister in 1940 and seized power, forcing King Carol to abdicate and installing Carol's son Michael as monarch. He established a fascist-style dictatorship and allied Romania with Germany against the USSR. King Michael had him arrested in August 1944; he was tried in 1945 and shot in 1946.

Following the fall of communism in Romania in 1989, many nationalists called for a re-evaluation of Antonescu's regime on the grounds that he had been vilified by communist propaganda.



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