Horia Sima

Horia Sima
Vice President of the Council of Ministers
In office
14 September 1940 – 20 January 1941
MonarchMichael I
Prime MinisterIon Antonescu
Preceded byGheorghe Mihail
Succeeded byMihai Antonescu
Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs
In office
4 July 1940 – 8 July 1940
Prime MinisterIon Gigurtu
Preceded byConstantin C. Giurescu
Succeeded byRadu Budișteanu
Commander of the Iron Guard
In office
16 June 1938 – 23 January 1941
Preceded byCorneliu Zelea Codreanu (as "Captain")
Succeeded byNone (party banned)
Personal details
Born(1906-07-03)3 July 1906
Mundra, Austria-Hungary
Died 25 May 1993(1993-05-25) (aged 86)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityRomanian
Political partyIron Guard (1927–1941)
SpouseElvira Florea
EducationRadu Negru National College
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
OccupationTeacher, writer, professor, politician
ReligionRomanian Orthodox

Horia Sima (3 July 1906 – 25 May 1993) was a Romanian fascist politician, best known as the second and last leader of the fascist paramilitary movement known as the Iron Guard (also known as the Legion of the Archangel Michael). Sima was also the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and de facto co-leader in Ion Antonescu's National Legionary State. Sima had previously served briefly as State Secretary of Education under Gheorghe Tătărescu in 1940, and as a short-lived Minister of Religion and Arts in the government of Ion Gigurtu.

In January 1941, Sima initiated and led the Legionnaires' Rebellion against Conducător Ion Antonescu and the Romanian Army, for which he was sentenced to death, as well as the Bucharest pogrom, the largest and most violent pogrom against Jews in the history of Muntenia. Following the rebellion, Sima escaped to Germany, and later to Spain, where he lived until his death. In 1946, the Romanian People's Tribunals again sentenced Sima to death in absentia as a war criminal.


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