Radu Theodoru

Radu Theodoru (born 17 January 1924) is a Romanian writer, general, far-right politician, and Holocaust denier.

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Radu Theodoru
Radu Theodoru in 2016
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Born	(1924-01-17) 17 January 1924 (age 101) Ineu, Arad County, Kingdom of Romania
Political party	Greater Romania Party
Other political affiliations	"Vlad the Impaler" Command Post Romanian Communist Party (before 1989)
Profession	General, writer, politician

In 2025, Theodoru was detained by Romania on accusations of attempting to overthrow the government with alleged Russian support.

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Theodoru was born in Ineu on 17 January 1924.^[1]

During the communist era, his writings belonged to the socialist realism movement.^[2]

Theodoru is a far-right politician and general who engaged in Holocaust denial.^[3]^[4]^[5] A former member of the Romanian Communist Party, Theodoru was among the founders of the Greater Romania Party, holding the position of vice-president, but he was ousted from the party after a conflict with the then-president of the party, Corneliu Vadim Tudor.^[6]

In 2025, he was detained by the Romanian government after prosecutors accused him of trying to overthrow the government with alleged Russian support.^[7]^[8] He was 101 years old when his house was raided during the government investigation into the planned coup.^[5]

The criminal charge is treason.^[9] Politico, HotNews, Euronews and Adevărul state that he is an antisemite.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Theodoru is an admirer of Joseph Stalin, because "he sought to destroy Zionism".^[14] He also admires Russian president Vladimir Putin.^[14] Far-right^[15]^[16] Romanian politician Diana Șoșoacă has publicly supported Theodoru.^[14] After Theodoru's arrest, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Victor Ponta also supported Theodoru, claiming that "political opinions are not crimes".^[17]

On 11 June 2025 participated in a pre-celebration reception ahead of Russia day at the Russian embassy in Bucharest, together with Șoșoacă.^[18]

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