Alexandru Drăghici
| Alexandru Drăghici | |
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Drăghici in uniform
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| Romanian Minister of the Interior | |
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In office May 28, 1952 – September 20, 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Teohari Georgescu |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Ștefan |
| Romanian Minister of State Security | |
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In office September 20, 1952 – March 19, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Romanian Minister of the Interior | |
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In office March 19, 1957 – July 27, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Pavel Ștefan |
| Succeeded by | Cornel Onescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 27, 1913 Tisău, Buzău County |
| Died | December 12, 1993 (aged 80) Budapest |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | Romanian Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Márta Czikó |
Alexandru Drăghici (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru drəˈɡit͡ʃʲ]; September 27, 1913 – December 12, 1993) was a Romanian communist activist and politician. He was Interior Minister in 1952 and from 1957 to 1965, and State Security Minister from 1952 to 1957. In these capacities, he exercised control over the Securitate secret police during a period of active repression against other Communist Party members, anti-communist resistance members and ordinary citizens.
An industrial worker by profession, Drăghici made his entry into the underground communist movement around the age of twenty. He was arrested for illegal political activity, and spent time in prison before and during World War II. He was close to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej's communist faction, and, as such, rose quickly through the Communist Party ranks. He joined the repressive apparatus shortly before the Romanian communist regime was officially established.
Drăghici's negative fame rests especially on his initiation of various campaigns against selected groups that resisted Marxist-Leninism. He began early on, with purges of the youth movements and teaching staff, joined in the denunciation of Ana Pauker's communist faction, and then focused his attention on the Hungarian Romanian community. Drăghici is also remembered for his participation in the show trial of Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, his quashing of the "Ioanid Gang", and his clampdown on religious groups—both Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox.
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