Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian and military.

Notable interments

Ioan Ioniță Ioan Ioniță (June 14, 1924, Mătăsaru commune, Dâmbovița County - July 27, 1987, Bucharest) was a Romanian army general and politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces from 1966 to 1976 and as deputy prime minister from 1976 to 19 ...

(1924–1987), Communist general and politician who served as

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

* Cabiria Andreian Cazacu (1928–2018), mathematician * Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883–1940), general and statesman * (1907–1967), actor * Mihai Baicu (1975–2009), footballer * Grigore Bălan (1896–1944), general in World War II *

Iolanda Balaș Iolanda Balaș (, , later ''Balázs-Sőtér Jolán''; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic Games, Olympic champion and Women's high jump world record progression, former world record holder in the high jump. Sh ...

(1936–2016), athlete and Olympic champion * Maria Butaciu (1940–2018), performer of folklore music * (1924–2016), Securitate officer *

Cornelia Catangă Cornelia Catangă (9 March 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Romanian lăutar musician of Roma origin. Biography In 1979, she sang for a short time with Romica Puceanu. In 1985 she had her first show at the Polyvalent Hall. Since 1986 she toured ...

(1958–2021), singer *

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; born Lenuța Petrescu; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic o ...

(1916–1989), communist activist and wife of President Nicolae Ceaușescu *

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...

(1918–1989), 1st

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Nicu Ceaușescu Nicu Ceaușescu (; 1 September 1951 – 26 September 1996) was a Romanian physicist and communist politician who was the youngest child of Romanian leaders Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was a close associate of his father' ...

(1951–1996), communist politician and third son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu * Mihai Chițac (1928–2010), general and 117th

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

* (1924–2015), folk singer from Sibiu * (1946–2019), musician * Florența Crăciunescu (1955–2008), Olympic athlete * (1882–1932), composer, conductor, and folklorist * Ion Dincă (1928–2007), communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and

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* (1928–2016), architect * Aimée Iacobescu (1946–2018), actress * Alexandru Ioanițiu (1890–1941), general * Mihaela Mitrache (1955–2008), actress *

Mariana Nicolesco Mariana Nicolesco ( or ; 28 November 1948 – 14 October 2022) was a Romanian operatic soprano who had an international career after she studied in Rome on a scholarship. She was a regular performer at La Scala in Milan where she performed Baroq ...

(1948–2022), operatic soprano * Angelo Niculescu (1921–2015), football player and manager * Alexis Nour (1877–1940), journalist, activist, and essayist * Alexandru Pastia (1893–1942), military officer *

Gheorghe Pintilie Gheorghe Pintilie (born Panteley Timofiy Bodnarenko, ; also rendered as Pintilie Bodnarenco, nicknamed Pantiușa; November 9, 1902 – August 21, 1985) was a Soviet and Romanian intelligence agent and political assassin, who served as first head o ...

(1902–1985), 1st Director of the

Securitate The Department of State Security (), commonly known as the Securitate (, ), was the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was founded on 30 August 1948 from the '' Siguranța'' with help and direction from the Soviet MG ...

* Temistocle Popa (1921–2013), composer, musician, and film actor * Cristian Popescu (1959–1995), poet * Tudor Postelnicu (1931–2017), communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister * Ilie Savu (1920–2010), footballer and coach * Alexandru Șerbănescu (1912–1944), flying ace in World War II * Iosif Sîrbu (1925–1964), sport shooter and Romania’s first ever Olympic champion * Niculae Spiroiu (1936–2022), general and 78th Minister of National Defense * Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor *

Costică Toma Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager. Playing career He was born in Brăila, into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland. Toma began his football career in 1940, w ...

(1928–2008), footballer and coach *

Nicolae Tonitza Nicolae Tonitza (; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, Engraving, engraver, Lithography, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-Impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in ...

(1886–1940), painter and illustrator * (1937–2018), journalist and politician * Virgil Trofin (1926–1984), communist politician * Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949–2015), leader of the

Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party (, PRM) is a Romanian far-right political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor, it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The party is sometimes referred ...

, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament * (1937–2012), writer * Doru-Viorel Ursu (1953–2024), politician and lawyer * (1899–1955), physicist and rector of Politehnica University *

Ilie Verdeț Ilie Verdeț (; 10 May 1925 – 20 March 2001) was a Romanian communist politician who served as Romania’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1982. Biography Born in Comănești, Bacău County, and a miner from age 12, he joined the Romanian Com ...

(1925–2001), 51st

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* Iulian Vlad (1931–2017), last Director of the Securitate

Gallery

File:Nicolae Ceaușescu Mormant.jpg, Former grave of

File:Ghencea Civil Poarta.jpg, Entrance to the Ghencea Civilian Cemetery File:GhenceaMasonicgrave.JPG, Grave in Ghencea cemetery, with

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symbol File:Alexandru Serbanescu, Ghencea.jpg, Grave of Alexandru Șerbănescu File:Ceaușescu Grave.jpg, Grave of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

References

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