Ghencea Cemetery

Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania

Ghencea Military Cemetery

Romania

The entrance to the military section

For the Heroes of the Wars
Location| Bucharest, Romania
Burials by war

World War I
World War II

Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of Bucharest, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian[1] and military.[2]

## Notable interments[edit]

* Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, mathematician
* Gheorghe Argeșanu, general and statesman
* Grigore Bălan, general in World War II
* Iolanda Balaș, athlete and Olympic champion
* Maria Butaciu, performer of folklore music
* Cornelia Catangă, singer
* Elena Ceaușescu, communist activist and wife of President Nicolae Ceaușescu
* Nicolae Ceaușescu, first President of Romania
* Nicu Ceaușescu, communist politician and third son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
* Mihai Chițac, general and Minister of the Interior
* Lucreția Ciobanu [ro], folk singer from Sibiu
* Mihai Constantinescu [ro], musician
* Florența Crăciunescu, Olympic athlete
* Gheorghe Cucu [ro], composer, conductor, and folklorist
* Ion Dincă, communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mayor of Bucharest
* Aimée Iacobescu, actress
* Mihaela Mitrache, actress
* Mariana Nicolesco, operatic soprano
* Alexis Nour, journalist, activist, and essayist
* Gheorghe Pintilie, first Director of the Securitate
* Temistocle Popa, composer, musician, and film actor
* Cristian Popescu, poet
* Tudor Postelnicu, communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister
* Alexandru Șerbănescu, flying ace in World War II
* Niculae Spiroiu, general and Minister of Defense
* Toni Tecuceanu, comedy actor
* Costică Toma, footballer and coach
* Nicolae Tonitza, painter and illustrator
* Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater Romania Party, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
* Ilie Verdeț, Prime Minister of Romania

## Gallery[edit]

* Former grave of Nicolae Ceaușescu

* Entrance to the Ghencea Civilian Cemetery

* Grave in Ghencea cemetery, with Masonic symbol

* Grave of Alexandru Șerbănescu

* Grave of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Cimitirul Ghencea". 25 May 2014.
2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.

## External links[edit]

* Ghencea Cemetery at Find a Grave
* Ghencea #3 Military Cemetery at Find a Grave

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