Constantin Pîrvulescu
Constantin Pîrvulescu | |
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General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party | |
In office April 1944 – September 1944 | |
Preceded by | Ștefan Foriș |
Succeeded by | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
Personal details | |
Born | Communist Party of Romania | 10 November 1895
Spouse | Suzana Pîrvulescu (1898–1942) |
Constantin Pîrvulescu (November 10, 1895, Olănești, Vâlcea County – July 11, 1992, Roman)[1] was a Romanian communist politician, one of the founders of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), who, as time went on, became an active opponent of leader Nicolae Ceaușescu. Briefly expelled from the Party in 1960, he was re-admitted and elected to the Party Revision Committee in 1974.
In April 1944, acting on the orders of the still imprisoned
In November 1979, at the 12th Party Congress, Pîrvulescu took the floor advocating against the re-election of Ceaușescu to the party leadership, accusing him of putting personal interests ahead of those of party and nation. He also accused the congress of neglecting the country's real problems, and being preoccupied with glorifying Ceaușescu.[2][3] This unprecedented attack came from a man who was a lifelong communist, with a lifelong association with Soviet-style communism (he was the only member of the Central Committee to oppose Nikita Khrushchev's withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1958). Likewise, being 84 years of age, personal ambition could not be a motivating factor for this speech. Thus, the Western press considered his remarks to be proof of dissatisfaction within the Party's ranks. Pîrvulescu was kicked out of the room, stripped of his position as delegate to the congress and placed under strict supervision and house arrest. On January 16, 1980 he was excluded from the PCR.[4]
In March 1989 he was one of the signatories of the
He was married to Suzana Pîrvulescu (1898–1942), herself a PCR activist who was imprisoned from 1936 to 1939.
He died in 1992, almost three years after Ceaușescu was overthrown in the
References
- ^ Profile of Constantin Pîrvulescu
- ^ "Romania: a Country Study, Federal Research Division".
- ^ "12th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party (1979)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
- ^ Betea, Lavinia (April 25, 2009). "Constantin Pârvulescu, veteranul mișcării comuniste din România, fusese exclus de două ori din partid". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved August 24, 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Romania: Breaking the Silence".