Gheorghe Alexianu

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Gheorghe Alexianu
Governor of Transnistria
In office 19 August 1941 – 26 January 1944
Conducător	Ion Antonescu
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Potopeanu
Governor of Ținutul Bucegi
In office 1 February 1939 – 6 September 1940
Monarch	Carol II
Preceded by	Alexandru N. Gane
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Governor of Ținutul Suceava
In office 29 August 1938 – 31 January 1939
Monarch	Carol II
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Flondor
Personal details
Born	(1897-01-01)1 January 1897 Străoane, Putna County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	1 June 1946(1946-06-01) (aged 49) Jilava Prison, Ilfov County, Kingdom of Romania
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Alma mater	University of Bucharest
Profession	Lawyer
Known for	Odessa massacre
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Romania
Branch/service	Royal Romanian Army
Years of service	1916–1918
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Criminal conviction
Conviction(s)	War crimes Crimes against peace Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Victims	Ukrainian Jews

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Fascism in Romania
Organizations MNFIR (1921) Fascio (1921) LANC (1923) MNF (1923) Romanian Action (1924) Iron Guard (1927) Citizen Bloc (1932) PNSR (1932) Iron Guard death squads (1933) Crusade of Romanianism (1934) FR (1935) PNC (1935) PPGR (1935) CML (1936) FRN (1938) MTR (1942)
Leaders Antonescu Bacaloglu Bonfert Cantacuzino Codreanu Crainic Cuza Forțu Goga Lăzurică Manoilescu Sima Stelescu Tătărescu Vaida Vifor
Periodicals Buna Vestire Cuvântul Gândirea Sfarmă-Piatră Țara Noastră
Ideology The Orthodox Church and the Iron Guard National Legionary State For My Legionaries Neo-Legionarism
Events Moța–Marin funerals (1937) Jilava massacre (1940) Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (1941)
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Gheorghe Alexianu (January 1, 1897 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian lawyer, high school teacher and associate professor who served as governor of Transnistria between 1941 and 1944. In 1946, he was accused and convicted of war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity; he was sentenced to death by the Bucharest People's Tribunal (sentence reconfirmed in the appeals of 2006 and 2008), and was executed on June 1, 1946, by shooting.