Nicolae Giosan

Born in Drâmbar, Alba County, his parents Ioachim and Maria were peasants who owned six hectares of land.

Then, from 1940 to 1945, Giosan studied at the Cluj Agronomy Faculty, temporarily relocated to Timișoara due to the Second Vienna Award.

[2] This degree helped spur the young Giosan’s rapid rise in academia and politics, as the country faced a dearth of educated communists dedicated to the ongoing collectivization project.

[2] In 1949, castigated for insufficient vigilance against a Christmas celebration, he declared he had never believed in God, “perhaps” excepting his earliest years.

[1] He taught at the science and education section of the party’s central committee until 1953, at which point he became adjunct to the Agriculture Minister.

Also that year, he joined the higher council for education and teaching, while in 1981, he became adjunct to the central committee’s head of party work in agriculture.

[2] Giosan served in the Great National Assembly for 32 years, representing the following districts: Cămărașu (1957–1961), Lupșanu (1961–1965), Fundulea (1965–1969), Zimnicea (1969–1975), southern Sibiu (1975–1980), Căzănești (1980–1985), and Adjud (1985–1989).

According to the testimony of two fellow prisoners, Giosan was murdered via lethal injection administered by a mysterious doctor.