Ioan Popovici (brigadier general)

{{short description|Romanian general}}

{{about|the Romanian World War I brigadier general nicknamed "Epure"|the Romanian World War I divisional general nicknamed "The Provincial"|Ioan Popovici (divisional general)}}

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| honorific_prefix = Brigadier General

| name = Ioan Popovici

| image = 1916 - General Ion Popovic.PNG

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| nickname = "Epure"

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1865|08|23}}

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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1953|1865}}

| death_place = Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Romanian People's Republic

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| allegiance = {{flagdeco|Romania}} Kingdom of Romania

| branch = Cavalry

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• Sublieutenant (1887)
• Lieutenant (1890)
• Captain (1894)
• Major (1904)
• Lieutenant Colonel (1909)
• Colonel (1912)
• Brigadier General (1916)Ministerul de Răsboiu, Anuarul Armatei Române pe anul 1916, Tipografia "Universala" Iancu Ionescu, București, 1916

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Ioan Popovici (23 August 1865 – 1953, in Sighet) was a Romanian general assigned to the general staff headquarters, during World War I. He attended the {{ill|Școala Militară de Infanterie și Cavalerie|ro}} (Military Infantry and Cavalry School) in Bucharest from 1885 to 1887. Afterward he rose through the ranks until he became a brigadier general in 1916 as World War I was raging, engulfing Romania. He was known as "Epure" to distinguish him from another Romanian general with the same name.

In World War I, he was assigned to the general staff at headquarters.Marele Cartier General, Ordinea de bătaie a armatei - 14 august 1916, București, 1916

After the Communists took power in Romania, he was arrested in 1948 (at 83 years of age), ultimately dying in Sighet Prison in 1953.{{cite web|first=Remus|last=Macovei|url=http://www.art-emis.ro/istorie/1864-distrugerea-elitei-militare-romanesti.html|title=Distrugerea elitei militare românești|language=ro|magazine=ART-EMIS|date=October 2, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2021}}