Ion Predescu (2 October 1927 – 12 October 2020) was a Romanian politician and judge who served as a

Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

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, and member of the

Constitutional Court of Romania The Constitutional Court of Romania () is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution. It consists of nine members serving nine-year terms which ...

. Predescu was born in

Optași-Măgura Optași-Măgura is a commune in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Optași. It also included the village of Vitănești until 2004, when it was split off to form Sârbii-Măgura Sârbii-Măgura is a commune in Ol ...

Olt County Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...

. He studied at the Radu Greceanu High School in Slatina and received his law degree from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

. He started practicing law in 1952, and taught at the Law Schools of the

University of Craiova The University of Craiova () is a public university located in Craiova, Romania. It was founded in 1947, initially with four institutes, in the Palace of Justice of Craiova. It is the largest university in the historical Oltenia province of Roma ...

and

Spiru Haret University The Spiru Haret University is a private university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1991 by the president of Tomorrow's Romania Foundation, Aurelian Gh. Bondrea, as part of the teaching activities of this foundation. The university claims this h ...

in Bucharest. In May 1990 he was elected to the Senate and in 1991 he participated in the drafting of the

Constitution of Romania The current Constitution of Romania is the seventh permanent constitution in modern Romania's history. It is the fundamental governing document of Romania that establishes the structure of its government, the rights and obligations of citizens, ...

. He served as Minister of Justice from 3 to 12 December 1996 in the

Văcăroiu Cabinet The Văcăroiu Cabinet was the 111th cabinet (government), cabinet of Romania between 1992 and 1996, led by Nicolae Văcăroiu. After the 1992 general elections, when FDSN obtained 27.75% of the votes in the Chamber of Deputies, and 28.31% in the ...

. He was awarded the

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the Order of Michael the Brave. It is the oldest Order of Romania. It is awarded by the Preside ...

, Knight rank and the

National Order of Faithful Service The National Order of Faithful Service () is the second highest national order of Romania after the Order of the Star of Romania, and the third highest State decoration, with the Order of Michael the Brave being the first. Originally it was establ ...

. He died in

Craiova Craiova (, also , ) is the largest city in southwestern Romania, List of Romanian cities, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It i ...

in 2020.

References

1927 births 2020 deaths People from Olt County Ministers of justice of Romania Members of the Senate of Romania Constitutional Court of Romania judges Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians University of Bucharest alumni Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service {{Romania-politician-stub