Mihail Lascăr
On April 12 , 1945 , Lascăr became commander of the Horia , Cloșca și Crișan Division; the political commissar attached to this Soviet-organized unit was the Communist activist Valter Roman . On September 12 , 1945 , Lascăr was named commander of the Fourth Army . He was a leader of the Electoral Commission of the Army , in advance of the general election of November 19 , 1946 . After a coalition led by the Romanian Communist Party won the election ( through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud ) , he was appointed Minister of Defense , holding this ministerial portfolio from November 29 , 1946 until December 27 , 1947 , when he was replaced by Emil Bodnăraș . He was then Inspector-General of the Romanian Army until January 12 , 1950 , when he was discharged from active duty . 
<triplet> Horia, Cloșca și Crișan Division <subj> April 12, 1945 <obj> inception <triplet> general election <subj> November 19, 1946 <obj> point in time