Aurel Aldea was a Romanian general, Interior Minister, and anti-communist resistance leader.
10 Facts About Aurel Aldea
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Aurel Aldea was born in Slatina, Olt County on 28 March 1887.
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Aurel Aldea graduated from the Artillery and Engineering Military School of Iasi, after which he was sent to Germany to the Preparatory School of Military Officers of Hanover and to the Military Technical Academy of Charlottenburg, where he had his internship at the 23rd Artillery Regiment in Koblenz.
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In 1912 Aldea was recalled to Romania to participate in the Second Balkan War, and in 1913 he graduated from the Higher War School.
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Aurel Aldea served in World War I as a battery commander, and participated in the battles from Dobrogea and Bucharest.
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In June 1940, during the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, Aurel Aldea led the Romanian delegation that discussed with Red Army commanders the evacuation plans from those territories.
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Aurel Aldea was instrumental in the coup d'etat led by King Michael I, which resulted in the arrest of Antonescu and Romania switching allegiance from the Axis powers to the Allies.
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Aurel Aldea then served as Interior Minister in the first Sanatescu cabinet from August 23 to November 3,1944.
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Aurel Aldea was found guilty of plotting against the State, and sentenced to life in prison.
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Aurel Aldea died in Aiud Prison on October 17,1949.