Victor Stănculescu
Minister of National Defence
In office 16 February 1990 – 29 April 1991
President	Ion Iliescu
Prime Minister	Petre Roman
Preceded by	Nicolae Militaru
Succeeded by	Niculae Spiroiu
Personal details
Born	Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (1928-05-10)10 May 1928 Tecuci, Kingdom of Romania
Died	19 June 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 88) Ghermănești, Ilfov County, Romania
Alma mater	Carol I National Defence University

Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (10 May 1928 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders^{[clarification needed]} of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. His inaction allowed the citizens demonstrating in Bucharest against the government to seize control. In addition, as a defense minister on 25 December 1989, Stănculescu organized the trial and execution of Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena Ceaușescu.^[1]

In 2008, Stănculescu and another general, former Interior Minister Mihai Chițac, were convicted of aggravated manslaughter by the Supreme Court for the shooting deaths of pro-democracy protesters in Timișoara, during the Romanian Revolution of 1989.^[2] Sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, he was freed in 2014.^[3]

He died in 2016 at age 88.^[4] His remains were cremated at the Vitan-Bârzești Crematorium [ro].^[5]

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