Ștefan Balmez (born 1882 in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...

) was a Bessarabian Bulgarian politician.

Biography

Before

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, although working as Armaments Minister, Balmez was in the civil service. He served as Member of

Sfatul Țării ''Sfatul Țării'' ("Council of the Country"; ) was a council of political, public, cultural, and professional organizations in the guberniya, Governorate of Bessarabia in Russian Empire, Tsarist Russia. This became a legislative body which e ...

(the Parliament of Bessarabia) in 1917–1918. He was one of three deputies who voted against the accession of Bessarabia to Romania on 27 March 1918. After the

Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, following an ultimatum made to Romania on 26 June 1940 that threatened the use of force. Those regions, with a total area of and a population of 3,776 ...

in June 1940, Balamez was arrested on 28 June 1941 by the

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. Due to the outbreak of hostilities on the Eastern Front, he was evacuated to the executive labor camp

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in Siberia, where he was sentenced to 10 years on the count of participation in counter-revolutionary activity.Думиника, И. (2020). Stefan Balamez – a Bulgarian who voted against the accession of Bessarabia to Romania. Drinovsky Sbornik, 12, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.7546/DS.2019.12.06 His subsequent destiny is unknown. Balamez was rehabilitated by the

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...

Prosecutor's Office on 10 May 1989, in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 16 January 1989.

Bibliography

* Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, ''Sfatul Țării: itinerar'', Civitas, Chișinău, 1998, *Mihai Tașcă, ''Sfatul Țării și actualele autorități locale'',

Timpul de dimineață ''Timpul de dimineață'' ( Romanian for "The Morning Times") or, in short, ''Timpul'' ("The Time"), is a Moldovan newspaper founded in 2001 by Constantin Tănase. Overview The director of ''Timpul de dimineață'' is Constantin Tănase. Lau ...

, no. 114 (849), June 27, 2008 (page 16)

External links

Arhiva pentru Sfatul Țării

Deputații Sfatului Țării și Lavrenti Beria

Notes

1882 births Bessarabian Bulgarians Year of death missing Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 Romanian people imprisoned abroad {{Romania-politician-stub