Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici Explained

Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici
Birth Date:6 July 1923
Birth Place:Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Death Place:Bucharest, Romania
Burial Place:Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Awards:Order of the Star of Romania
Honorary member of the Romanian Academy

Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici (6 July 1923 – 20 August 2023) was a Romanian neurologist.

Biography

Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici was born in Bucharest, a descendant of an old boyar family. He studied at the Ion C. Brătianu High School in Pitești, graduating in 1941. He then enrolled at the University of Bucharest in the Faculty of Medicine, obtaining the title of Doctor of Medicine with his thesis Considerații asupra complexului cerebro-dentro-olivar, written under the direction of in 1948. He practiced medicine at several hospitals in Bucharest, including (1952–1957), Ioan Cantacuzino (1957–1965), and Gheorghe Marinescu (1965–1970). From 1974 to 1993, he worked at the Ana Aslan National Institute of Geriatric and Gerontology.[1]

Beginning in 1974, he collaborated as an informant of the Securitate secret police of the communist regime. Initially reported by the press, this was confirmed by and by Bălăceanu-Stolnici himself.[2] Operating under the code names "Paul Ionescu" and "Laurențiu", he was a prolific informer, as well as an agent of influence and agent provocateur for the Securitate.[3] In 2007, Cotidianul published informative notes sent by Bălăceanu-Stolnici to the Securitate, which included a sketch of Vlad Georgescu's Munich apartment, drawn after a visit to his place in October 1984.[4] According to Georgescu's former colleagues, these notes might have helped in the presumed assassination by irradiation of this Radio Free Europe journalist.[5] [6]

Bălăceanu-Stolnici died on 20 August 2023, at the age of 100.[7]

Honours

After the fall of communism, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1992.[8] In 2003, President Ion Iliescu awarded him the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Trecutul negru al academicianului Constantin Bălăceanu Stolnici, care a murit duminică. 25 de ani de colaborare intensă cu Securitatea. Primea, la schimb, bani și favoruri. ro. Simona. Voicu. Libertatea. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici – ultimul aristocrat autentic şi păcatele sale terifiante. ro. Radio România Cultural. 6 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Europa Liberă: Top 5 cei mai scârboși informatori ai Securității. Radio Free Europe: The Top Five Most Disgusting Securitate Informants. Silvana. Chiujdea. Evenimentul Zilei. ro. 6 January 2014. 25 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Stolnici, spion la Europa Liberă: dovada. Cotidianul. Mirela. Corlatan. 3 December 2007. 25 June 2020. ro.
  5. Web site: Corlatan . Mirela . 28 November 2007 . Bălăceanu-Stolnici, complice la asasinatele de la Europa Liberă . https://web.archive.org/web/20080205232916/http://www.cotidianul.ro/index.php?id=15973&art=39566&cHash=6ea8412844 . 5 February 2008 . 20 August 2023 . . ro.
  6. Web site: Bălăceanu-Stolnici, complice la asasinatele de la Europa Liberă. Codrin. Tăut . Cotidianul. 28 November 2007. 25 June 2020. ro.
  7. News: A murit Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici. Academicianul avea 100 de ani . 20 August 2023 . . 20 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent. ro. Romanian Academy website.
  9. News: Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici decorat cu Ordinul Național "Steaua României". Radio Europa Liberă . Radio Free Europe Moldova. ro. 7 July 2003. 25 June 2020 . Moldova . Europa Liberă .