Career
He fought in World War I to release Cernăuţi, then he and Moldavian troops participated in the liberation of Sighet, where he will be imprisoned 34 years later. In 1946, before the elections, was arrested by the communist authorities on charges of treason, was imprisoned for seven months. In 1947 is involved in Tămădău Affair, the starting point of a lawsuit filed against personalities of National Peasants" Party (PNȚ).
On November 12, 1947, after the trial, was sentenced to 12 years hard imprisonment, 5 years loss of citizenship, confiscation of property and 50,000 lei costs of the proceedings.