What is Victor Stănculescu?
[[File:VictorStanculescu.jpg|right|200px]] '''Victor Atanasie Stănculescu''' (May 10, 1928 – June 19, 2016) was a Romanian [[general]], political, political activist and convicted murderer. He was had an important role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] during the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]]. He was a defense minister on 25 December 1989, when he organized [[Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu|the trial and execution]] of [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] and [[Elena Ceauşescu]].<ref name=bbc25dec>{{cite news|title=Ceausescu execution 'avoided mob lynching'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8430213.stm|access-date=30 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=25 December 2009}}</ref> Stănculescu was born in [[Tecuci]], Romania. He died in [[Ghermănești]], [[Ilfov]] on June 19, 2016, aged 88. In 2008, Stănculescu were found guilty of aggravated [[manslaughter]] by the [[High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania)|Supreme Court]] for the shooting deaths of [[pro-democracy]] protesters in [[Timişoara]].<ref name=mediafax>{{cite news|title=Romanian Ex-General Mihai Chitac Dies After Long Illness |url=http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romanian-ex-general-mihai-chitac-dies-after-long-illness-7661296/|newspaper=Mediafax|date=1 November 2010|access-date=13 November 2010}}</ref> He was sentenced to fifteen years in jail, but was freed in 2014.<ref name=rl>{{cite news|title=Victor Stănculescu, eliberat din închisoare|url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/victor-atanasie-stanculescu-va-fi-eliberat-din-inchisoare-335956|access-date=20 June 2016|newspaper=România Liberă|date=21 May 2014|archive-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623100329/http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/victor-atanasie-stanculescu-va-fi-eliberat-din-inchisoare-335956|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanculescu, Victor}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Romanian generals