Electronics. Inventions:

Place and date of birth: Tg. Mures, Romania, 26.12.1955
Education: 1974-1979 Faculty of Electronics, Bucharest
Founder and CEO/President of Parrot Invent SRL Company
Inventor of Parrot Clip
# (U.S.A. Patent 5,457,392, European Patent: 0563234)
# Gold Medal - Eureka World Fair of Invention Brusseles
# Universal Cover for Connection Boxes - Patent Pending
# Light Timer, Patent: Ro 115.095 B1

Civic and political activities:

Founding Member of the Group for Social Dialogue
Founding member of Romanian Helsinki Commitee and Civic Aliance
Awarded the FREEDOM Prise by the Poul Lauritzen Foundation, of Denmark
Got a "High 5 " from president Clinton, during his visit in Romania July 1997

Disident against Ceausescu:

December 1982 - May 1983 Distribution of leaflets against the Ceausescu dictatorship
7 May 1983 arrested and convicted at 10 years in prison for "Propaganda against the Socialist Society"
December 1984 - nominated "Prisoner of the month" by Amnesty International
18 April 1986 released on due to international pressure made by Amnesty International, Ligue pur Droit de l'Home, Radio Free Europe etc, after detention in Rahova, Jilava and Aiud prisons

Disident against Ceausescu

# December 1982 - May 1983 Distribution of leaflets against the Ceausescu dictatorship
# 7 May 1983 arrested and convicted at 10 years in prison for "Propaganda against the Socialist Society"

# December 1984 - nominated "Prisoner of the month" by Amnesty International

# 18 April 1986 released on due to international pressure made by Amnesty International, Ligue pur Droit de l'Home, Radio Free Europe etc, after detention in Rahova, Jilava and Aiud prisons

# 12 December 1987 - arrested for initiating a Referendum on the leadership of Ceausescu

# 22 December 1987 - released after violent investigation, due to international support Kept under permanent surveillance, followed by 3 cars, 12 persons team and electronic listening devices Gathering and sending information abroad, together with my father and friends, about opposition actions and groups as other political prisoners from the Aiud jail, the "Romania Libera" group (Mihai Bacanu, Anton Uncu, Mihai Creanga) etc. Permanent contacts with other political prisoners: Ilie Ion, Gheorghe Nastasescu, Litoiu Nicolae, Manu Gheorghe, Barabas Feri, Barabas Janos, Barabas Piroska, Borbely Erno, Iancu Marin, Iulius Filip, Draghici Ion, Iuga Dumitru

# May 1988. organising the Trade Union "Libertatea" together with other former political prisoners: Gheorghe Nastasescu, Costica Purcaru, Iancu Marian, Totu Victor, Filip Iulius. An Open Letter was sent by "Libertatea" to the European Conference in Wien demanding Democratic freedom in Romania

# 21 December 1989 - Took part at the demonstrations against Ceausescu

# 22 December 1989 - (when Ceausescu's regime collapsed) arrested in the morning 6.14 and released in the afternoon.

Bibliography:

"Es gibt Dinge, die muss man einfach tun - Der Wiederstand des jungen Radu Filipescu" - by Hema Kenel, book printed by Heder Verlag, Germany (ISBN 3-451-04446-3)
In 1995 - presents all this story .
" Jogging cu Securitatea " is the romanian edition of the book, printed by Universal Dalsi in 1998

Civic and political activities:

Founding member of Romanian Helsinki Commitee, Civic Aliance, Group for Social Dialogue

# founding Member of the Group for Social Dialogue
# member of the Provisory Parliament - National Council of National Unity (CPUN)
# founding member and co-chairman of the Romanian Helsinki Committee.
# Chairman of the Romanian Helsinki Committee, 1991, 1992
# awarded the FREEDOM Prise by the Poul Lauritzen Foundation, of Denmark.
# Chairman of the Group for Social Dialogue: 1991,1994 - 2000
# Reports on Human rights in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova.
# Got a "High 5 " from president Clinton, during his visit in Romania July 1997