Iosif Dan (commonly known as Dan Iosif, 14 October 1950 – 5 December 2007) was a

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n politician who was a leading figure in the 1989

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, leading protests in

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in the final days of Nicolae Ceauşescu's 25-year rule. Iosif was born in Bucharest. In 1969, he graduated from 'Şcoala de maiştri militari', a military school in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

, Romania. Iosif was a presidential adviser and faithful political adept of Ion Iliescu, permanently being a member of Iliescu's party ( FSN, FDSN, PDSR, and PSD). He served as a

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for multiple terms, and during his final days he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies. A controversial figure, in 2006 he was heard in connection to the 1990 Mineriad, being investigated under suspicion of

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and undermining state power, along with some twenty others.Article from Gândulbr>
/ref> Iosif died of

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in a clinic in

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, where he had been undergoing treatment since November 2007.

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Obituary in ''The Times'', 2 January 2008
1950 births 2007 deaths Romanian presidential advisors People of the Romanian revolution Members of the Senate of Romania Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Deaths from lung cancer in Russia {{Romania-politician-stub