Mircea Ionnițiu

Mircea Ionnițiu (sometimes incorrectly spelled "Ioanițiu" or "Ioannițiu") (b. Bucharest - d. November 13, 1990, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.) was a Romanian writer, author of memorial notes.

In his adolescence, he was a member of the Palatine Class, a special class of pupils that was formed upon the request of King Carol II of Romania, for the education of his only son, Prince Mihai (later HM King Michael I of Romania).

Around 1944, Mircea Ionnițiu was a personal secretary of King Michael I. In this job, he was a direct witness of the August 23rd events, of the imposition of the first Petru Groza cabinet by the Soviet military occupants (March 6, 1945) and of the forced abdication of King Michael I, determined via blackmail by the Romanian communists supported by the Red Army, on December 30, 1947. (Because of the Communist coup d'état on December 30, the Romanian Popular Republic was born "overnight", against the stipulations of the Romanian democratic Constitution of 1923, then legally in force).

Mircea Ionnițiu left Romania in January 3, 1948, in the Royal Train, together with The Royal Family of Romania, that was departing in forced exile.

Later (in 1984), he wrote in full details his memories about these historical events, in which he directly participated, in his book Amintiri și reflecțiuni ("Memories and Reflections"), published by Editura Enciclopedică in 1993.