1946: Ion Antonescu

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[CheshireTheCat]

Romania’s wartime fascist dictator Ion Antonescu was shot on this date in 1946. An army officer who worked his way up to the brass via his exploits in the Second Balkan War and then in World War I, Antonescu emerged as a major nationalist politician in the interwar period. He was the elite political figure who allied with Corneliu Codreanu‘s Iron Guard movement.

Antonescu became the Defence Minister in a a far-right government, was temporarily shouldered out of the state by King Carol II‘s coup, and then re-emerged as the leading alternative when Carol’s government was undone by the tectonic political crises in the run-up to World War II. After territorial concessions wrung by Romania’s neighbors triggered protests against the king in Bucharest, Antonescu on September 5, 1940, forced Carol to transfer dictatorial power to him — and shortly thereafter, he forced Carol to abdicate altogether.*

That left Carol’s son Michael the figurehead of state, and Ion Antonescu the actual strongman — at least, once he tamed the Iron Guard....

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Antonescu became the Defence Minister in a a far-right government

Just as a point of information, how was the government "far right". Promoted free market and private property? Put policies in place that let people run their own lives including education of their children, religion and personal protection?

Or just did not have their lips firmly attached to Stalin's butt?

[mason-dixon]

You can see the execution vid on the net. After the firing squad was done all the traitors bodies got some more rifle and pistol head shots for good measure.

[Rumplemeyer]

He was not “far right” he was a Nazi, FAR LEFT