Iulian Vlad

Iulian Vlad
Vlad as a colonel general
Director General of the Securitate
In office
5 October 1987  22 December 1989
PresidentNicolae Ceaușescu
Preceded byTudor Postelnicu
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Great National Assembly
In office
22 November 1984  22 December 1989
ConstituencyDomnești
Personal details
Born(1931-02-21)21 February 1931
Gogoșița, Kingdom of Romania
Died30 September 2017(2017-09-30) (aged 86)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyRomanian Communist Party
OccupationPolitician

Iulian Vlad (yool-YAHN vlahd; 21 February 1931 – 30 September 2017) was a Romanian government official and last director of the Securitate secret police force from 1987 to 1989. He was the Securitate's director during the Romanian revolution