First Maurer cabinet | |
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![]() 100th Cabinet of Romania | |
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Date formed | 21 March 1961 |
Date dissolved | 18 March 1965 |
People and organisations | |
President of the State Council | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
President of the Council of Ministers | Ion Gheorghe Maurer (PCR) |
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers | Gheorghe Apostol (PCR) |
No. of ministers | 41 |
Total no. of members | 34 |
Member party | PCR |
Status in legislature | One-party state |
History | |
Election | 1961 |
Legislature term | 4th Great National Assembly |
Predecessor | Stoica II |
Successor | Maurer II |
The first Maurer cabinet was the government of Romania from 21 March 1961 to 18 March 1965.
Changes in the government
[edit]- 27 February 1962 - The Ministry of Construction Industry was established.
- 30 April 1962 - The Ministry of Commerce was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Internal Commerce and the Ministry of External Commerce.
- 31 May 1962 - The Ministry of Agriculture was abolished, and the Superior Council of Agriculture was established.
- 9 June 1962 - The Ministry of Education and Culture was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Education and the State Committee for Culture and Arts.
- 31 October 1963 - The Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Construction was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction.
Composition
[edit]The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:[1]
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- First Vice President of the Council of Ministers:
- Gheorghe Apostol (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers:
- Emil Bodnăraș[2] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Petre Borilă[3][4] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Alexandru Drăghici (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Alexandru Moghioroș (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Alexandru Bârlădeanu[5][6] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Gheorghe Gaston Marin (29 September 1962 – 18 March 1965)
- Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)
- Constantin Tuzu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of the Interior:
- Alexandru Drăghici[7] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs:
- Corneliu Mănescu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Justice:
- Ioan Constant Manoliu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of National Defense:
- Leontin Sălăjan[8] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Finance:
- Aurel Vijoli (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Metallurgy and Machine Construction (on 31 October 1963, the ministry was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction):
- Constantin Tuzu (21 March 1961 – 31 October 1963)
- Minister of Metallurgical Industry:
- Ion Marinescu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Machine Construction:
- Gheorghe Rădoi (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Mines and Electric Power:
- Bujor Almășan (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Petroleum and Chemical Industry:
- Mihail Florescu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Construction Industry:
- Dumitru Mosora (27 February 1962 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Light Industry:
- Alexandru Sencovici (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Agriculture:
- Ion Cosma (21 March 1961 – 30 April 1962)
- Dumitru Diaconescu (30 April – 31 May 1962)
- President of the Superior Council of Agriculture (with ministerial rank):
- Mihai Dalea (31 May 1962 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Food Industry:
- János Fazekas (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Forestry Economics:
- Mihai Suder (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Commerce (on 30 April 1962, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of External Commerce and the Ministry of Internal Commerce):
- Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (21 March 1961 – 30 April 1962)
- Minister of External Commerce:
- Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu[9] (30 April 1962 – 31 October 1963)
- Victor Ionescu (31 October 1963 – 22 December 1964)
- Mihail Petri (22 December 1964 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Internal Commerce:
- Mihail Levente (30 April 1962 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Transport and Telecommunications:
- Dumitru Simulescu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Health and Social Provisions:
- Voinea Marinescu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- Minister of Education and Culture (from 9 June 1962, only Minister of Education):
- Ilie G. Murgulescu (21 March 1961 – 16 April 1963)
- Ștefan Bălan (16 April 1963 – 18 March 1965)
Minister Secretaries of State
[edit]- President of the State Committee for Culture and Arts (with ministerial rank):
- Constanța Crăciun[10] (9 June 1962 – 18 March 1965)
- President of the State Planning Committee (with ministerial rank):
- Gheorghe Gaston Marin (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
- President of the Committee for Local Administration Issues (with ministerial rank):
- Mihai Gere (10 December 1961 – 18 March 1965)
Sources
[edit]- (in Romanian) Final Report of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
- Luminița Banu, Florian Banu, "Securitatea, bancherul și vânătoarea — o acțiune de 'lobby cinegetic' în anii '70", in Caietele CNSAS, Vol. VIII, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 213–266.
- Florica Dobre, Liviu Marius Bejenaru, Clara Cosmineanu-Mareș, Monica Grigore, Alina Ilinca, Oana Ionel, Nicoleta Ionescu-Gură, Elisabeta Neagoe-Pleșa, Liviu Pleșa, Membrii C.C. al P.C.R. (1945–1989). Dicționar. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2004. ISBN 973-45-0486-X
- Horia Dumitrescu, "Ștefan Voitec și Țara Vrancei", in Cronica Vrancei, Vol. I, 2000, pp. 313–330.
- (in Romanian) Constantin Grigore and Miliana Șerbu, Miniștrii de interne (1862–2007) Archived 2020-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, Editura Ministerului Internelor și Reformei Administrative, Bucharest, 2007. ISBN 978-97374-504-8-7
- Stelian Neagoe - "History of Romanian governments from the beginning - 1859 to our days - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
- RompresArchived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Vladimir Tismăneanu, Stalinism for All Seasons: A Political History of Romanian Communism, University of California Press, 2003, ISBN 0-52-023747-1
References
[edit]- ^ Stelian Neagoe - "Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
- ^ Final Report, p. 43 n. 32
- ^ Tismăneanu, Stalinism..., p.293
- ^ George H. Hodos, Show Trials: Stalinist Purges in Eastern Europe, 1948-1954, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, 1987, p.99. ISBN 0-275-92783-0
- ^ Bogdan Cristian Iacob, "Avatars of the Romanian Academy and the Historical Front: 1948 versus 1955", in Vladimir Tismăneanu (ed.), Stalinism Revisited: The Establishment of Communist Regimes in East-Central Europe, p.273. Central European University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-9639776630
- ^ (in Romanian) Dan Drăghia, Biography at the 1990 Mineriad section of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile site; accessed April 3, 2012
- ^ Grigore and Șerbu, p. 311; S. Neagoe, p. 249
- ^ (in Romanian) Galeria Şefilor SMG, at the Romanian Defense Ministry site; accessed April 2, 2012
- ^ Banu & Banu, p. 246; Dobre et al., p. 505
- ^ "Nomenclatura - membrii I (A - C)". Comunismul în România - (in Romanian).