PETRU DUGULESCU
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'Petru Dugulescu' (b. November 18, 1945) is a Romanian Baptist pastor, poet, and politician. A member of the Baptist Union of Romania and a representative of the National Peasants' Party (PNÅ¢), he played a part in the 1989 Revolution, being among the organizers of protests in TimiÅŸoara.
Born in Chelmac, Arad County, Dugulescu graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Bucharest, and became a pastor, while authoring works of Christian poetry. During a period when the Communist regime engaged in the persecution of Baptists, he was kept under surveillance by the secret police (the Securitate). The latter institution pressured him to stop preaching, and threatened that he was to suffer a car accident were he to refuse; Dugulescu refused to comply.[1] In September 1985, an unmarked bus crashed into the car he was driving, causing the pastor to suffer multiple fractures.[1] Dugulescu's autobiography, ''Ei mi-au programat moartea'' (translated into English under the title "Repenters"), details this interval and includes his own account of the events.
Following the Revolution, Petru Dugulescu joined the PNÅ¢, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for TimiÅŸ County during the 1992 suffrage, and again in the 1996 election. He served on the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minority Issues, as well as on the Committee for Foreign Policy.
He is the founder and president of Charity Foundation Jesus the Hope of Romania and Onesimus Brothers House for street children in TimiÅŸoara.
1. Ramet, p.279
2. Ramet, p.279
★ Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
★ Sabrina P. Ramet, "Church and State in Romania before and after 1989", in Henry F. Carey (ed.), ''Romania since 1989'', Lexington Books, Lanham, 2004
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Biography
Born in Chelmac, Arad County, Dugulescu graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Bucharest, and became a pastor, while authoring works of Christian poetry. During a period when the Communist regime engaged in the persecution of Baptists, he was kept under surveillance by the secret police (the Securitate). The latter institution pressured him to stop preaching, and threatened that he was to suffer a car accident were he to refuse; Dugulescu refused to comply.[1] In September 1985, an unmarked bus crashed into the car he was driving, causing the pastor to suffer multiple fractures.[1] Dugulescu's autobiography, ''Ei mi-au programat moartea'' (translated into English under the title "Repenters"), details this interval and includes his own account of the events.
Following the Revolution, Petru Dugulescu joined the PNÅ¢, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for TimiÅŸ County during the 1992 suffrage, and again in the 1996 election. He served on the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minority Issues, as well as on the Committee for Foreign Policy.
He is the founder and president of Charity Foundation Jesus the Hope of Romania and Onesimus Brothers House for street children in TimiÅŸoara.
Notes
1. Ramet, p.279
2. Ramet, p.279
References
★ Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
★ Sabrina P. Ramet, "Church and State in Romania before and after 1989", in Henry F. Carey (ed.), ''Romania since 1989'', Lexington Books, Lanham, 2004
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