Romania, head of communist-era secret police Postelnicu dies
In Securitate from 1978 to 1987 then Minister of Interior
13 August, 17:40According to her, Postelnicu had been in the "Carol Davila" Military Hospital for several weeks with breathing problems.
He was being tried for being complicit in crimes against humanity in the case of the killing of prominent dissident Gheorghe Ursu.
Postelnicu was the head of the State Security Department as of 1978, and beginning 1987 until the 1989 Revolution he was Minister of the Interior. (ANSA).