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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ioan Buteanu
| image              = Barbu Iscovescu - Portretul lui Ioan Buteanu.jpg
| nationality        = Romanian
| birth_date         = {{Birth year|1821}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1849|05|23|1821}}
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* lawyer
* prefect of Zarand
* revolutionary leader
}}
| death_place        = [[Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)|Principality of Transylvania]], [[Austrian Empire]]
|known_for           = tribunal of the Auraria Gemina Legion in the [[Revolution of 1848]]
}}
[[File:TroitaLuiButeanu_(3).JPG|thumb|200x200px|<div style="text-align:center">The monument of Ioan Buteanu in [[Gurahonț]], built in 1934<br /></div>]]
[[File:RO_HD_Tebea_2011.1.jpg|thumb|200x200px|<div style="text-align:center">The tomb of Ioan Buteanu from [[Țebea]]</div>]]
[[File:Baia_Mare,_popiersie_Ioana_Buteanu_(1821-1849)_Aw58.JPG|thumb|294x294px|<div style="text-align:center">Bust of Ioan Buteanu in [[Baia Mare]]</div>]]
'''Ioan Buteanu''' (1821–23 May 1849) was a leader of the [[Transylvania]]n Romanian Revolutionaries in 1848 and a prefect of [[Zaránd County]] between 1848 and 1849.

== Early life and activity ==
Ioan Buteanu was born in 1821 to a noble family. His birthplace is sometimes listed as [[Sighetu Marmației]] or [[Șomcuta Mare]], where his father was born.<ref name="TM">Mager, [http://www.darnick.com/halmagiu/revolutia1848.html ''Revoluția de la 1848: rolul și cultul lui Buteanu''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306194952/http://www.darnick.com/halmagiu/revolutia1848.html |date=2016-03-06 }}, manuscript of ''Ținutul Hălmagiului'', 1937</ref> He attended gymnasium in [[Baia Mare]] and [[Carei]]. He was a Chancellor for three years at Tabula Regia in [[Târgu Mureș]] (the Transylvanian Court of Appeals). After obtaining a lawyer's diploma he settled in [[Abrud]]. Austrian General Anton Puchner appointed him as the administrator of Zarand, and the [[Romanian National Committee (1848)|Romanian National Committee]] appointed him prefect in that region.

On May 15, 1848, he gave a speech at the [[Blaj]] Assembly, criticizing the intent of the Hungarian revolutionaries to unify Transylvania with Hungary.

Located in [[Sibiu]] in the summer of 1848, he received an invitation from [[Nicolae Bălcescu]], asking him to join the [[Wallachian Revolution]]. Buteanu asked [[Avram Iancu]] to advocate in the National Committee to take action "to help the brothers beyond."

During the 1849 truce between the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Hungarian revolutionaries]] and the Transylvanian Romanians led by [[Avram Iancu]], on May 6, the major adventurer [[Imre Hatvani]] with a detachment of Hungarian revolutionaries surprised and disarmed the Romanians in [[Abrud]]. On May 7, the prefects Petru Dobra and Ioan Buteanu were taken as prisoners.<ref>Ela Cosma, [http://www.history-cluj.ro/Istorie/anuare/AnuarBaritHistorica2009/17%20Ela%20Cosma.pdf Cronologia anilor 1848-49 în Transilvania], in: „Yearbook of the History Institute in Cluj”, tom.</ref> Dobra was shot at Abrud, and Buteanu was sent to [[Brad, Hunedoara|Brad]] and jailed. On May 19, Major Hatvani withdrew from Abrud to Brad, then through [[Baia de Criș]] and [[Hălmagiu]] to [[Gurahonț]]. Hatvani hanged Buteanu without trial on 23 May 1849 at Josesel.

== Legacy ==
Buteanu was painted by Barbu Iscovescu when he was held prisoner alongside other Wallachian revolutionaries in the [[Apuseni Mountains]].

On May 23, 1999, the Pro-Maramureș Cultural Society "Dragoș Vodă" built a bust in the center of [[Sighetu Marmației|Sighet]] to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the death of Buteanu. On the Memorial House, now a place of worship, a commemorative plaque was placed.

The Gurahonț High School in [[Arad County]] is named after Buteanu.

His name was also worn by the 6th Regiment of [[Turda]], a regiment commanded between 1972 and 1976 by [[Ștefan Gușă]].

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==

* Traian Mager, ''Ținutul Hălmagiului'', a monography in 4 volumes, Arad: The Diecean Typography, 1937
* Silviu Dragomir, ''Ioan Buteanu,'' The Zarand Prefect in the years 1848–49, Bucharest, 1928.
* Silviu Dragomir, ''Ioan Buteanu, Prefect of Zarand in the years 1848-49, Bucharest, 1928. Silviu Dragomir, Ioan Buteanu, Prefect of Zarand in the years 1848-49, 2nd edition, coordinated and completed by Vasile Iuga of Săliște, "Dragoș Vodă" Publishing House, 2012.''

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