First Maurer cabinet

First Maurer cabinet
100th Cabinet of Romania
Date formed	21 March 1961 (1961-03-21)
Date dissolved	18 March 1965 (1965-03-18)
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

• 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

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  [ ro ] (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  [ ro ] (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  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 31 October 1963)

• Minister of Metallurgical Industry:

• Ion Marinescu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Machine Construction:

• Gheorghe Rădoi  [ ro ] (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Mines and Electric Power:

• Bujor Almășan  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Petroleum and Chemical Industry:

• Mihail Florescu  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Construction Industry:

• Dumitru Mosora (27 February 1962 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Light Industry:

• Alexandru Sencovici  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Agriculture:

• Ion Cosma (21 March 1961 – 30 April 1962)
• Dumitru Diaconescu  [ ro ] (30 April – 31 May 1962)

• President of the Superior Council of Agriculture(with ministerial rank):

• Mihai Dalea  [ ro ] (31 May 1962 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Food Industry:

• János Fazekas  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Forestry Economics:

• Mihai Suder  [ ro ] (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  [ ro ] (30 April 1962 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Transport and Telecommunications:

• Dumitru Simulescu  [ ro ] (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)

• Minister of Health and Social Provisions:

• Voinea Marinescu  [ ro ] (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  [ ro ] (16 April 1963 – 18 March 1965)

Minister Secretaries of State

• 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  [ ro ] (10 December 1961 – 18 March 1965)

Sources

• (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)
• Rompres Archived 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

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2. Final Report, p. 43 n. 32
3. Tismăneanu, Stalinism..., p.293
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7. Grigore and Șerbu, p. 311; S. Neagoe, p. 249
8. (in Romanian) Galeria Şefilor SMG, at the Romanian Defense Ministry site; accessed April 2, 2012
9. Banu & Banu, p. 246; Dobre et al., p. 505
10. "Nomenclatura - membrii I (A - C)". Comunismul în România - (in Romanian).

Preceded by Second Stoica cabinet

Cabinet of Romania 21 March 1961 - 18 March 1965

Succeeded by Second Maurer cabinet