Lead I changed the former introductory phrase Ion Victor Antonescu was a Romanian soldier authoritarian politician and convicted war criminal for the following reasons the fact that he was a soldier is not the most important from his CV According to Britannica Ion Antonescu born June 15 1882 Pite ti Rom died June 1 1946 near Jilava Romanian marshal and statesman who became dictator of the pro German government during World War II in my opinion the reference to his execution for war crimes does not belong to the first sentence see other articles about war crimininals Albert Wass Constantin Petrovicescu Visarion Puiu