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Corneliu Coposu

Corneliu Coposu

1914–1995

Nationality
Austria–Hungary
Occupation
politician

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Sighet prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Râmnicu Sărat prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Corneliu (Cornel) Coposu (Romanian: [korˈnelju koˈposu]) (20 May 1914 – 11 November 1995) was a Romanian Christian democratic and liberal conservative politician, the founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat), the founder of the Romanian Democratic Convention (Romanian: Convenția Democratică), and a political detainee during the communist regime. His political mentor was Iuliu Maniu (1873–1953), the founder of the National Peasant Party (PNȚ), the most important political organization from the interwar period. He studied law and worked as a journalist.

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