Nicolae Cristea (communist) Nicolae Cristea (communist) Nicolas or Nicolae Cristea (also known under the "nom de guerre" Joseph Copla; November 26, 1906 – March 1943) was a Romanian communist, a volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and in the French Resistance during World War II. Cristea was born in a poor workers family in Galaţi. During the Great Depression he participated in the protests organized by the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest, afterwards being forced by the Siguranţa Statului (Romania's secret police) to move back to his native town. He returned to Bucharest in 1931, and in 1933 was
Nicolae Dudău Nicolae Dudău Nicolae Dudau (born December 19, 1945) is a Moldovan politician and was the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova. He was born on December 19, 1945 in Grinauti, Ocnița District, in the Moldovan SSR. From 1988 to 1990 he was the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Moldovan SSR. From 1990 to 1991 he was the First Secretary of the Chisinau City Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova. In 1994 he became the Ambassador of Moldova to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. In 1997, Daudu was appointed the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs