Iosif Chișinevschi

Iosif Chișinevschi
Born
Jakob Roitman

(1905-12-26)26 December 1905
Died1963(1963-00-00) (aged 57–58)
NationalityRomanian
Alma materInternational Lenin School
Occupationpropagandist
Political partyRomanian Communist Party
SpouseLiuba Chișinevschi
Children4
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Iosif Chișinevschi (born Jakob Roitman; 26 December 19051963) was a Romanian communist politician. The leading ideologue of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) from 1944 to 1957, he served as head of its Agitprop Department from 1948 to 1952 and was in charge of propaganda and culture from 1952 to 1955. He has been described as "Moscow's right-hand man in Romania".