Nicolae Samsonovici

Nicolae Samsonovici (August 7, 1877–September 16, 1950) was a Romanian general. He attended officer training school in Bucharest from 1897 and afterwards joined an infantry regiment in a Romanian Army regiment. Samsonovici commanded a battalion during the Second Balkan War and during the First World War served was chief of staff of, successively, a division, corps and army. He ended the war in command of the 77th Infantry Regiment. Samsonovici was promoted to general rank in 1919 and served on the army staff; in the 1930s, he served as Chief of the General Staff and as Defense Minister. He resigned from active duty in 1937 upon which he was promoted to the rank of army corps general. Samsonovici was arrested by the communist regime in 1950 and died in prison.