- For the leader of the Transylvanian Memorandum, see Ioan Raţiu. The Transylvanian Memorandum was a Petition sent in 1892 by the leaders of the Romanians of Transylvania to the Austro-Hungarian
Ion Raţiu (6 June 1917, Turda – 17 January 2000) was a Romanian politician and the presidential candidate of the National Peasants' Party (PNŢ) in the 1990 elections. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Turda (Thorenburg Hungarian: Torda) is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The National Peasants' Party ( Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian Political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion These are the results of the Romanian presidential election of May 20, 1990: Results
Biography
Ion Raţiu was the son of Dr. Augustin Raţiu and Eugenia Turcu. He attended school in Turda and Cluj, and in 1938 he earned a law degree from Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj. Turda (Thorenburg Hungarian: Torda) is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River. (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/ Klausenburg Kolozsvár Napoca Castrum Clus Claudiopolis קלויזנבורג Kloiznburg until 1974 Cluj, is the third The Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB—Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai in Cluj-Napoca is the largest University in Romania. In 1940, Raţiu was named Counsellor at the Romanian Embassy in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In September 1940, King Carol II fled Romania and this led to the formation of the National Legionary State. Carol II of Romania ( 15 October / 16 October 1893 &ndash 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8 The National Legionary State (Statul Naţional Legionar was the Romanian government of September 6, 1940 — January 23, 1941. As a result, Ion Raţiu gave his demission from the Foreign Service, and requested political asylum in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In 1943, Raţiu earned an economics degree from the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the He married Elisabeth, the daughter of colonel Guy Pilkington; the couple had two children, Indrei and Nicolae.
Raţiu was the founder of the "International Union of the Free Romanians" (Romanian: Uniunea Mondială a Românilor Liberi) in 1984. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance
After he returned to Romania in January 1990, he helped to re-create the National Peasants' Party, serving as its vice-president. The National Peasants' Party ( Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian Political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1990 election; however, he was elected as deputy of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies in 1990, 1992 and again in 1996. These are the results of the Romanian presidential election of May 20, 1990: Results The Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor is the lower house in Romania 's Bicameral parliament. In 1991, he re-founded the newspaper Cotidianul. Cotidianul is a Romanian newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Berliner format
External links
- (English) Short biography, on the "Raţiu Center for Democracy" website
- (English) Raţiu Family Foundation Website
- (Romanian) "70 Years in Eastern Europe", BBC World Service
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