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While out of jail in 1940, he met Elena Petrescu, whom he married in 1946 and who would play an increasing role in his political life over the years.

He was arrested and imprisoned again in 1940.

In 1943, he was transferred to Târgu Jiu internment camp where he shared a cell with Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, becoming his protégé.

After World War II, when Romania was beginning to fall under Soviet influence, he served as secretary of the Union of Communist Youth ( 1944 – 1945 ).