Horațiu Potra

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Born	1970 (age 54–55), Mediaș, Sibiu County, Socialist Republic of Romania
Other names	Lieutenant Henry
Citizenship	Romania, France
Occupation	politician, businessman, mercenary

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Horațiu Potra je rumunsko-francúzsky podnikateľ a bezpečnostný expert. Pôsobil vo francúzskej cudzineckej légii a neskôr ako šéf ochranky politických lídrov v Afrike a na Blízkom východe; založil súkromnú bezpečnostnú spoločnosť a podnikal aj v obchode s diamantmi. Sám odmieta označenie „žoldnier" a opisuje sa ako „vojenský inštruktor". V Rumunsku sa stal známym ako blízky spolupracovník Călina Georgescua — prokuratúra ho viní z prípravy ozbrojeného pokusu o narušenie ústavného poriadku po zrušených prezidentských voľbách 2024.

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07.10. Rumunsko prvýkrát zatklo Georgesca, po dni ho pustili, po týždni ho odvolací súd poslal do väzby. V spise je ruská banka, vila v Toskánsku aj preukaz, ktorý Maltézsky rád popiera HotInfo

19.06. Rumunsko v dvojitom pate: bez vlády a bez verdiktu. Súd už tretíkrát odložil kauzu pokusu o prevrat, Georgescu žiada zosadiť prezidenta HotInfo

20.11. Bývalý žoldnier Horațiu Potra je vo väzbe pre prípravu násilia po zrušených voľbách v Rumunsku hnonline.sk

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