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Ion Pelivan

Ion Pelivan

Moldovan politician

Ion Gheorghe Pelivan (April 1, 1876 – January 25, 1954) was a Romanian politician.

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He was born in Răzeni, Bessarabia, the son of Gheorghe Pelivan and his wife, Eugenia Varuh Titica.[1] He graduated in 1898 from the Theological Seminary of Chișinău and in 1903 he received a law degree from the University of Tartu. Subsequently, he worked as jurist in Bălți.

During 1917–1918, Pelivan served as Foreign Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic in the Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet and the Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet.

He was arrested in May 1950 by the Romanian communist authorities and sent to Sighet Prison in Sighetu Marmației, where he died in 1954. He is buried at Cernica Monastery [ro] in Pantelimon, Ilfov.[2]

A street in the Buiucani Sector of Chișinău was named in his honor, and the theoretical high school in the village where he was born, Răzeni, Ialoveni District, bears his name.[3] The village Pelivan in Orhei District, Moldova was named after him in 1932.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ion Gheorghe Pelivan". www.razeni.go.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2007-12-30. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
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    "Martirii Basarabiei. Ioan Pelivan, ucis de ocupanții bolșevici ai României pentru că a înfăptuit Unirea (1 aprilie 1876 – 25 ianuarie 1954)". basarabia-bucovina.info (in Romanian). March 12, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
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    "Ion Pelivan, martirul care a pus interesul național în fața interesului propriu". TVR Moldova (in Romanian). Retrieved October 15, 2023.
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    "Pelivan, satul născut din recunoștință pentru părintele mișcării de eliberare națională a românilor din Basarabia". Radio Chișinău (in Romanian). August 17, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
Ion Pelivan on a 2020 stampsheet of Romania
Cenotaph at Cernica Monastery
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