First Stoica cabinet

First Stoica cabinet

98th Cabinet of Romania
Date formed4 October 1955 (1955-10-04)
Date dissolved19 March 1957 (1957-03-19)
People and organisations
President of the Presidium of the Great National AssemblyPetru Groza
President of the Council of MinistersChivu Stoica (PCR)
First Vice President of the Council of MinistersEmil Bodnăraș (PCR)
Petre Borilă (PCR)
Alexandru Drăghici (PCR)
Miron Constantinescu (PCR)
No. of ministers41
Total no. of members48
Member partyPCR
Status in legislatureOne-party state
History
Election1952
Legislature term2nd Great National Assembly
PredecessorGheorghiu-Dej II
SuccessorStoica II

The first Stoica cabinet was the government of Romania from October 4, 1955 to March 19, 1957.

Changes in the government

  • January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was divided as follows: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry and Ministry of State Farming.
  • January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry was reorganized, becoming the Ministry of Wood Industry.
  • January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Health merged with the Ministry of Social Welfare to form the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
  • January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Collections was abolished.
  • February 19, 1957 - The Ministry of Communal Households and Local Industry was abolished.

Composition

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

  • President of the Council of Ministers:
  • First Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers:
  • Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers:
  • Minister of the Interior:
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs:
  • Minister of Justice:
  • Gheorghe Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of National Defense:
  • Minister of Finance:
  • Minister of the Metallurgy and Machine Construction:
  • Gherasim Popa (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Chemical Industry:
  • Mihail Florescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of the Petroleum Industry:
  • Ion Dumitru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Coal:
  • Ioan Mineu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Electricity and Electrotechnical Industry:
  • Gheorghe Cioară (October 4, 1955 – February 19, 1957)
  • Nicolae Gheorghiu (19 February – 19 March 1957)
  • Minister of Constructions:
  • Gheorghe Hossu (4 October 1955 – 10 January 1956)
  • Ștefan Bălan (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of the Construction Materials Industry:
  • Carol Loncear (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Light Industry:
  • Alexandru Sencovici (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Agriculture (from January 10, 1956 the ministry was reorganized as the Ministry of Agriculture):
  • Constantin Popescu[11] (October 4, 1955 – January 10, 1956)
  • Gheorghe Hossu (January 10 – May 26, 1956)
  • Marin Stancu (May 26, 1956 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry (the Ministry was reorganized on January 10, 1956 under the name of the Ministry of Wood Industry):
  • Mihai Suder (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Food Industry:
  • Constantin Teodoru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of State Agricultural Households:
  • Bucur Șchiopu (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of communal households and local industry (on February 19, 1957 the ministry was abolished):
  • Anton Vlădoiu (October 4, 1955 – March 23, 1956)
  • Filip Geltz (March 23, 1956 – February 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Forestry:
  • Minister of Collections (on January 21, 1957, the ministry was abolished):
  • Minister of Internal Trade:
  • Minister of Foreign Trade:
  • Minister of Railways:
  • Ionel Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – September 24, 1956)
  • Ion Cosma (September 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Naval and Air Transport:
  • Gheorghe D. Safer (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Posts and Telecommunications:
  • Dumitru Simulescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Social Provisions (on January 21, 1957 the ministry was abolished):
  • Octavian Berlogea (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957)
  • Minister of Health (on January 21, 1957 merged with the Ministry of Social Provisions):
  • Voinea Marinescu (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957)
  • Minister of Health and Social Provisions:
  • Voinea Marinescu (January 21 – March 19, 1957)
  • Minister of Education:
  • Minister of Culture:
  • Minister of Religions:

Ministers Secretaries of State

  • President of the State Planning Committee (with the rank of minister):
  • President of the State Control Commission (with the rank of minister):
  • President of the State Committee for Architecture and Systematization (with the rank of minister):
  • Nicolae Bădescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

Source

  • 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

References

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  11. ^ Ion Alexandrescu, Enciclopedia de istorie a României, vol. 2, pp. 121-23. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2000. ISBN 978-973-820-000-5
  12. ^ Dobre, p.224
  13. ^ Dobre et al., p. 627; Dumitrescu, p. 328
  14. ^ "Nomenclatura - membrii I (A - C)". Comunismul în România - (in Romanian). 11 March 2015.
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