Ioan Bujoiu (en)

Engineer Ion E. Bujoiu – an idealist in the communist dungeons

Happy, it is said, is the man who carries an ideal within him and obeys it. Such a man was the engineer Ion E. Bujoiu, who followed his ideal to the last moment of his life. To this great man I am immensely grateful, and with his presence always alive for all of us who were beneficiaries of his gifts, blessed by God, I want to answer those who ask about him, like the poet Nichifor Crainic: “Where are those who are no more? They will find the answer in his unforgivable deeds and actions, which I will try to […]

Engineer Ioan Bujoi, a dignified man, thirsty for truth and justice

I will tell you a little episode of which I was the only witness and which I think is conclusive. One morning I was with Bujoiu in his office. A major in uniform came in, said he was an inspector from the Ministry of the Internal Affairs and asked us: “Who is Engineer Bujoiu?” When Bujoiu stood up and answered “I am”, the major continued: “As head of the technical office, I’m asking you: How many cases of sabotage have you had underground or above ground since the beginning of 1952?” The reply: “Major, you are in the wrong office. […]

“Ioan Bujoiu was a person of outstanding moral and intellectual qualities”

Among the outstanding personalities who were in that camp-prison[1], I remember the engineer Ioan Bujoiu, professor at the Polytechnic, former Minister of the National Economy, who headed the Technical Office (…). Ioan Bujoiu was a kind, modest, understanding and cheerful man, with a rich culture, open and friendly. It was a pleasure, a true joy, to be around him and to listen to his pleasant, cheerful voice. He was a person of outstanding moral and intellectual qualities, and it was not unknown for us to identify with the aspirations of the many who could contribute to the progress of society. […]

“Only half-wits and fools despise the Church”

Engineer Ioan Bujoiu, whom I consider to be one of the seven best engineers in the country, planned the work at the mine with engineer Balș. I had known him since I was a teacher in Lupeni, and he was the general manager of the Petroșani coal mining company in the Jiu Valley. One day I asked him this question: – Mr. Engineer, have you ever felt God’s presence and help in your work? He replied: – Yes, I was a fierce rationalist and followed my own mind. But sometimes I felt that I had reached a dead end from […]

Ionel Bujoi, a warm soul you could get close to immediately

Engineer Bujoi, Ionel to his intimates, came from the great bourgeoisie: his father was General Director of the Romanian Railways and his father-in-law, Ștefănescu, was Governor of the National Bank. With such a background and professional training, Bujoi became a young man in the management of the Petroșani Company, the largest coal company in the country, and eventually chairman of the board of directors of this company, which exploited the mines in the Jiu Valley. In addition, Bujoi had also created an important group of his own companies, consisting of the Lupeni viscose factory, the Vlăhița metallurgical company, a glass […]

The good and modest engineer Ioan Bujoiu

The figure of Engineer Bujoiu is finally beginning to take shape for me. He had been the head of the most important batch of “Sumanelor Negre” after General Aldea’s. He was now in charge of the technical side of Baia Sprie, which he had managed years before when it was his property. Engineer Bujoiu was undoubtedly the greatest personality in the entire colony. The fact that he had to be in constant contact with the civilian management of the mine and the colony’s administration made him responsible for the underproduction in the face of increasing demands. These were engineer Bujoiu’s […]