Ioan Talpeș, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ioan Talpeș

Romanian army general

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1944

Place of Birth: Topleț, Caraș-Severin County, Romania

Profession: politician, diplomat, historian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ioan Talpe? (born 24 August 1944) was a Romanian Army general, military historian and politician.
He served as head of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) from 1992 to 1997.
In 1997-8, Talpe? served as Ambassador to Bulgaria and acted as an advisor to President Ion Iliescu from 1999 to 2000.
He is currently an independent Senator representing Caras-Severin County, having resigned from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in May 2005 because of a scandal involving the party.