This is a list of senior Securitate officers . The General Direction for the Security of the People , better known by its Romanian abbreviation, Securitate , was officially founded on August 30, 1948 by Decree 221/30. However, it had effectively existed since August 1944, when communists began to infiltrate the Ministry of Internal Affairs on a large scale, with help from SMERSH , an NKVD unit charged with demolishing existing intelligence agencies and replacing them with Soviet -style bodies in the Soviet-occupied countries of Eastern Europe .
From its inception, the Securitate engaged in a terror campaign against "class enemies ". The campaign was led from the position of Minister of Interior by Teohari Georgescu in 1948–1952, and Alexandru Drăghici in 1952–1965, seconded in the position of Deputy Interior Minister (until 1960) and Chief of Securitate by Gheorghe Pintilie . Although the largest number of victims was registered between 1948 and 1952, the campaign continued until 1965.
Leaders of the Securitate in 1948 [ edit ]
In 1948, the Securitate had a personnel of 3,973 of all ranks; of those, 1,151 belonged to the national directorates and 2,822 to the regional directorates.[ 1]
Director General: lieutenant general Gheorghe Pintilie
Deputy Directors: major general Alexandru Nicolschi , major general Vladimir Mazuru [ro ]
Registrar Office:
Director: major Wilhelm Einhorn [ro ]
Office Chiefs: captain Dumitru Donescu, captain Emanoil Schmerler
Section Chiefs: captain Nicolae Mateescu, captain Alexandru Jurcă
Soviet Counselors: Dmitry Georgievich Fedichkin, Aleksandr Mihailovich Sakharovskii, Valerian Bucikov, Moscalu, Tsygankov
National directorates [ edit ]
First Directorate
Director : colonel Gavrilă Birtaș [ro ]
Deputy Director : lieutenant colonel Andrei Glavaciov
Branch Chiefs : major Ionel Negreanu, captain Mauriciu Adam, captain Heinz Stănescu [ro ] , captain Aurelian Ionescu
Second Directorate
Director: colonel Gogu Popescu
Deputy Director: major Gheorghe Bulz
Branch Chiefs: captain Ilie Sariceleanu, major Maximilian Vardan, captain Mihai Andriescu
Third Directorate
Director: major Coman Stoilescu
Branch Chiefs: captain Augustin Cosma, lieutenant Grigore Filipescu
Fourth Directorate
Director: major Gheorghe Petrescu
Deputy Director: captain Cricor Garabețian
Branch Chiefs: captain Boris Caranicolov, captain Ilarion Savenco, captain Andrei Ciuperge, lieutenant Gheorghe Mihăilescu
Fifth Directorate
Directors: colonel Mișu Dulgheru , colonel Mircea Lepădătescu
Deputy Director: lieutenant colonel Simion Tudor Dincă
Branch Chiefs: captain Matușei Andriescu, captain Grigore Ștețcovici
Sixth Directorate
Director: lieutenant colonel Augustin Albon [ 2]
Deputy Director: major Ion Crișan
Branch Chiefs: lieutenant Traian Predescu, captain Dionisie Dobre, lieutenant Andrei Tulbure
Seventh Directorate
Director: lieutenant colonel Alexandru Neacșu
Branch Chief: major Cornel Goliumbovici
Eighth Directorate
Deputy Director: major Dumitru Popescu
Ninth Directorate
Deputy Directors: major Alexandru Guțan (Director of Aiud Prison , 1945–1948),[ 3] major Nicolae Duță
Branch Chief: captain Milo Aritonovici
Tenth Directorate
Director: colonel Alexandru Jurnu
Deputy Director: major Ion Ceslanschi
Branch Chief: captain Mihalache Bujor
Regional directorates [ edit ]
Regional Directorate Bucharest
Regional Directorate Brașov
Regional Directorate Cluj
Director: colonel Mihai Patriciu [ro ]
Deputy Director: lieutenant colonel Gheorghe Cuteanu
Office in: Huedin .
County Branch Mureș :
County Branch Turda :
Chief: captain Mihail Kovács
Deputy Director: lieutenant Jacob Weigner
Offices in: Câmpeni , Războieni .
County Branch Năsăud :
Chief: major Viorel Gligor
Deputy Director: lieutenant Andrei Lote
Offices in: Romuli , Rodna .
County Branch Someș :
Chief: major Nicolae Briceag
Deputy Director: lieutenant Ioan Rusu
Office in: Gherla .
Regional Directorate Constanța
Regional Directorate Craiova
Regional Directorate Galați
Regional Directorate Iași
Regional Directorate Oradea
Regional Directorate Pitești
Regional Directorate Ploiești
Regional Directorate Sibiu
Regional Directorate Suceava
Regional Directorate Timișoara
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