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Place of Birth: Licurici, Gorj County, Romania
About Dumitru Burlan
- Dumitru Burlan (born May 11, 1939, Licurici, Gorj County) is a Romanian former Securitate officer. During the communist period, he worked for the Securitate.
- He was the chief of bodyguards of President Nicolae Ceausescu, and served once as his stand-in (double), but was not able to protect Ceausescu from arrest and execution during the Romanian Revolution of 1989.
- Ten years after the revolution, he published his understanding of the revolutionary events and his beliefs about Ceausescu. After publishing details about the coup, he received several death threats.
- He declared himself proud of having served Ceausescu, and he considers Ceausescu to have been one of the most intelligent and greatest leaders in history.
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