Fifth Maurer cabinet

Fifth Maurer cabinet

107th Cabinet of Romania
Date formed13 March 1969 (1969-03-13)
Date dissolved28 March 1974 (1974-03-28)
People and organisations
President of the State CouncilNicolae Ceaușescu
President of the Council of MinistersIon Gheorghe Maurer (PCR)
First Vice President of the Council of MinistersIlie Verdeț (PCR)
No. of ministers41
Total no. of members34
Member partyPCR
Status in legislatureOne-party state
History
Election1969
Legislature term6th Great National Assembly
PredecessorMaurer IV
SuccessorMănescu I

The fifth Maurer cabinet was the government of Romania from 13 March 1969 to 28 March 1974.

Changes in the government

August 19, 1969 - The Ministry of Transport was established, by merging the Ministry of Railways with the Ministry of Road, Naval and Air Transport; former Minister Ion Baicu was dismissed from office for "unsatisfactory activity"; the Minister of Railways, Florian Dănălache, was also dismissed from office. October 11, 1969 - The Ministry of Forestry Economy was renamed the Ministry of Wood Industry. October 11, 1969 - The Ministries of Industrial Construction were established: the Ministry of Construction Materials Industry. November 18, 1969 - The Superior Council of Agriculture was transformed into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. March 13, 1970 - The Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology was established, by merging the Ministry of Mines and the State Committee for Geology. December 25, 1970 - The Ministry of Tourism was established. January 26, 1971 - The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry, Forestry and Waters was established. The Minister of State Secretary for Agriculture, the President of the National Council of Waters and the Head of the Department of Food Industry became members of the Council of Ministers. April 1, 1971 - The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications was established, by merging the Ministry of Transport with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. April 1, 1971 - The Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Geology was established, by merging the Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology and the Ministry of Petroleum. September 16, 1971 - The Ministry of Technical and Material Supply and Control of Fixed Assets Management was established. September 16, 1971 - The State Committee for Culture and Art changed its name to the Council for Socialist Culture and Education. November 17, 1971 - The Ministry of Education and Training was established, which took over the powers of the Ministry of Education. January 25, 1972 - The Ministry of Forestry Economy and Building Materials was established, through the merger of the Ministry of Wood Industry, the Ministry of Building Materials Industry and the Department of Forestry within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry, Forestry and Water. November 1, 1972 - The following were established: the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building Industry and the Ministry of Machine Tool Building and Electrical Engineering. November 1, 1972 - The Ministry of Armed Forces changed its name to the Ministry of National Defense.

Composition

The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:[1]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
President of the Council of Ministers13 March 196928 March 1974
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers13 March 196928 March 1974
Vice President of the Council of Ministers
János Fazekas
13 March 196928 March 1974
13 March 196928 February 1972
28 February 197228 March 1974
Iosif Banc
13 March 196924 April 1972
13 March 196928 March 1974
Emil Drăgănescu
13 March 196928 March 1974
Mihai Marinescu
13 March 196928 March 1974
Ion Pățan
13 March 196928 March 1974
13 October 197228 March 1974
13 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Interior
Cornel Onescu
13 March 196924 April 1972
Ion Stănescu
24 April 197217 March 1973
17 March 197328 March 1974
Minister of Foreign Affairs13 March 196923 October 1972
23 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Justice
Adrian Dimitriu
13 March 196928 November 1970
Teodor Vasiliu
28 November 197028 March 1974
Minister of Armed Forces (since 1 November 1972, Minister of National Defense)13 March 196928 March 1974
Minister of Finance
Virgil Pârvu
13 March 196919 August 1969
19 August 196928 March 1974
Minister of Metallurgical Industry
Neculai Agachi
13 March 196928 March 1974
Minister of Chemical Industry
Alexandru Boabă
13 March 196917 September 1970
Mihail Florescu
17 September 197028 March 1974
Minister of Petroleum
Nicolae Toader
13 March 196917 September 1970
Alexandru Boabă
17 September 19701 April 1971
Minister of Mines (on 18 March 1970 the Ministry of Mines changed its name to the Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology)
Bujor Almășan
13 March 19691 April 1971
Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Geology
Bujor Almășan
1 April 197128 March 1974
Minister of Electric Energy
Octavian Groza
13 March 196918 December 1972
Constantin Băbălău
18 December 197228 March 1974
Minister of Construction
Dumitru Mosora
13 March 196911 October 1969
Minister of Construction Materials Industry
Dumitru Mosora
11 October 196928 November 1970
Traian Ispas
28 November 19704 October 1971
Minister of Forest Economy and Building Materials25 January 197228 March 1974
Minister of Construction for the Chemical Industry and Refineries
Matei Ghigiu
13 March 196911 October 1969
Minister of Industrial Construction
Matei Ghigiu
11 October 196928 March 1974
Minister of Machine Building
Ioan Avram
13 March 19691 November 1972
Minister of Heavy Machinery Industry (established on 1 November 1972)
Ioan Avram
1 November 197228 March 1974
Minister of Machine Tool Building and Electrical Engineering (established on 1 November 1972)
Gheorghe Boldur
1 November 197210 May 1973
Virgil Octavian
10 May 197328 March 1974
Minister of Light Industry
Ion Crăciun
13 March 196928 March 1974
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (on 26 January 1971 the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry changed its name to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry, Forestry and Waters)
Angelo Miculescu
18 November 196926 January 1971
Iosif Banc
26 January 197124 April 1972
Angelo Miculescu
24 April 197228 March 1974
Minister of Forest Economy (since 11 October 1969, Minister of the Wood Industry)
Mihai Suder
13 March 196925 January 1972
Minister of Food Industry (on 26 January 1971 the Ministry of Food Industry became the Department of Food Industry, with its head bearing the rank of Minister Secretary of State)13 March 196926 June 1969
Gheorghe Moldovan
26 June 196926 January 1971
26 January 197128 March 1974
Minister of Internal Trade
Nicolae Bozdog
13 March 196913 October 1972
13 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Foreign Trade
Gheorghe Cioară
13 March 196930 April 1969
Cornel Burtică
30 April 196928 February 1972
Ion Pățan
28 February 197228 March 1974
Minister of Technical and Material Supply and Control of Fixed Assets Management (established on 16 September 1971)
Mihai Marinescu
16 September 197113 October 1972
Maxim Berghianu
13 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Railways
Florian Dănălache
13 March 196919 August 1969
Minister of Road, Naval and Air Transport
Ion Baicu (inginer)
13 March 196919 August 1969
Minister of Transport (since 1 April 1971, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications)19 August 196911 February 1971
Florian Dănălache
11 February 197113 October 1972
Emil Drăgănescu
13 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Mihai Bălănescu
13 March 19691 April 1971
Minister of Tourism (established on 25 December 1970)25 December 197028 March 1974
Minister of Health
Aurel Moga (medic)
13 March 19695 July 1969
Dan Enăchescu
5 July 196924 April 1972
24 April 197228 March 1974
Minister of Labor
Petre Lupu (politician)
13 March 196928 March 1974
Minister for Youth Affairs (as First Secretary of the C.C. of the U.T.C.)13 March 196917 March 1971
17 March 197123 October 1972
Ion Traian Ștefănescu
23 October 197228 March 1974
Minister of Teaching (since 17 November 1971, Minister of Education and Teaching)
Ștefan Bălan
13 March 196919 August 1969
19 August 196925 November 1970
Mircea Malița
25 November 197013 October 1972
13 October 197228 March 1974

Ministry-level Committees

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
President of the State Planning Committee
Maxim Berghianu
13 March 196913 October 1972
13 October 197228 March 1974
President of the Superior Council of Agriculture (council disbanded on 22 October 1969)13 March 196922 October 1969
President of the State Security Council
Ion Stănescu
13 March 196924 April 1972
Minister Secretary of State at the Ministry of Forestry Economy and Construction Materials
Mihai Suder
25 January 197228 March 1974
Minister Secretary of State at the Ministry of Chemical Industry
Ilie Câșu
30 December 197228 March 1974
Minister Secretary of State at the Ministry of Heavy Machinery Construction
Traian Dudaș
18 December 197228 March 1974
Minister Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Trade
Nicolae M. Nicolae
28 February 197228 March 1974
Minister Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry, Forestry and Waters
Angelo Miculescu
26 January 197124 April 1972
Aldea Militaru
30 December 197228 March 1974
First Vice President of the Economic Council
Mihai Marinescu (politician)
13 October 197228 March 1974
President of the State Committee for Culture and Arts (since 16 September 1971, President of the Council of Socialist Culture and Education)
Pompiliu Macovei
13 March 196915 July 1971
15 July 197128 March 1974
President of the National Council of Scientific Research
Nicolae Murguleț
13 March 196919 August 1969
Gheorghe Buzdugan (inginer)
19 August 196917 September 1970
Gheorghe Cioară
17 September 197028 March 1974
First Vice-President of the National Council of Scientific Research (with the rank of Minister Secretary of State)
Octavian Groza
18 December 197228 March 1974
President of the State Committee for Local Government Issues
Petre Blajovici
13 March 196928 March 1974
First Vice-President of the State Planning Committee (with the rank of Minister Secretary of State)
Gheorghe Cioară
30 April 196915 May 1972
15 May 197218 December 1972
18 December 197228 March 1974
President of the Prices Committee13 March 196928 March 1974
President of the National Water Council
Florin Ioan Iorgulescu
26 January 197128 March 1974
President of the State Committee for Nuclear Energy
Ioan Ursu
31 December 196928 March 1974
President of the Central Council of the General Union of Trade Unions of Romania17 November 197128 March 1974
Advisor to the State Council31 December 196928 March 1974
State Inspector General at the State General Inspectorate for Product Quality Control
Dumitru Niculescu
21 July 197028 March 1974

References

  1. ^ Stelian Neagoe - "Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)