Radu Filipescu

Radu Filipescu (born December 26, 1955) is a former Romanian anti-Communist dissident. During Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime, Filipescu was imprisoned for several years for "propaganda against the socialist order". Early life Filipescu was born on December 26, 1955, in Târgu Mureș, the youngest son of Zorel Filipescu and Carmelita-Ileana Filipescu. Radu Filipescu's maternal uncle, Victor Groza, was the brother of Petru Groza, the first Communist Prime Minister of Romania. From 1974 to 1979, he studied electronics at Politehnica University of Bucharest. He worked at the former Automatica factory in Bucharest until his arrest in 1983. Dissident activity before 1989 Filipescu believed Romanians were dissatisfied with Ceaușescu's leadership and he attempted to organize protests in response. Between December 1982 and May 1983, he printed leaflets and put them in Bucharest mailboxes, calling for a protest at the Palace Square in Bucharest. On May 7, 1983, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison.