Ioan Moța

Ioan Moța (; Nojag, Hunedoara County, 15 December 1868 – Bucharest, 20 November 1940) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, nationalist politician, and journalist, as well as father to prominent Iron Guard personality Ion Moța.

Biography Ioan Moța was born in Nojag, Austria-Hungary (today Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania), on 15 December 1868, although some sources list his date of birth as 31 December. during which he continued to publish Libertatea out of Cleveland, Ohio. He also became politically involved, running in a series of Romanian elections. He was elected senate representative for Hunedoara County in 1931, as a candidate for Uniunea Națională ("The National Union"). He would later become associated with the National Peasants' Party, and was briefly arrested for his political activity in 1933.

In 1937, after his son Ion was killed when fighting as a Nationalist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, Ioan Moța gave him a memorial editorship role at Libertatea. The deceased Ion Moța was listed as "Director sufletesc" ("Soul director" or "Spiritual director") of the newspaper from March 1937 onwards.

After suffering from pulmonary edema,

Journalistic works "Foaia Poporului", Sibiu (1893–1895). "Revista Orăștiei", Orăștie (1895–1898). "Telegraful Român" (1898–1899). "Bunul Econom", Orăștie (1899–1901). "Libertatea", Orăștie (1902–1915, 1919–1933), Cleveland, Ohio (1917). "Foaia Interesantă", Cleveland, Ohio (1917).