Ion Raţiu

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For the leader of the Transylvanian Memorandum, see Ioan Raţiu.

Ion Raţiu (6 June 1917, Turda – 17 January 2000) was a Romanian politician and the presidential candidate of the National Peasants' Party (PNŢ) in the 1990 elections.

[edit] Biography

Between 1940 and 1990, he lived in the United Kingdom. He was the founder of the "International Union of the Free Romanians" (Romanian: Uniunea Mondială a Românilor Liberi) in 1984.

After he returned to Romania in January 1990, he helped to re-create of the PNŢ, serving as its vice-president. He was a failed presidential bid in the 1990 elections and was elected a deputy in the 1990, 1992 and 1996 elections. In 1991, he re-founded the newspaper Cotidianul.