Corneliu Mănescu
Corneliu Mănescu | |
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| In office 1965–1980 | |
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| Born | 8 February 1916 Ploiești, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | 26 June 2000 (aged 84) Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | Romanian Communist Party (1936–1989) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
Corneliu Mănescu (8 February 1916 – 26 June 2000) was a
Life and political career
After completing his secondary studies in Ploiești, Mănescu went on to study law and economics at the University of Bucharest from 1936 to 1940. He joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1936.
While a student, he began writing for leftist publications, mostly about international relations.[2] He was the leader of the Bucharest Communist students' organization until 1940.[2]
In 1944 he was working at the Central Statistics Bureau, and in 1948 he was appointed as one of the vice ministers of the Ministry of National Defence, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2] Promoted shortly after to colonel, he served from 1950 to 1952 as head of the National Military Circle.[3] In 1959 he was named chief of the Higher Political Division of the Army, with the rank of major general.[2] Between 1955 and 1960 he was vice president of the State Planning Committee.[2]
In 1960, Mănescu became Director of the Political Division in the
Mănescu, who became a member of Romanian Communist Party's Central Committee in 1965,
In 1989, he became the leader of the reformist movement within the
Mănescu married Doina Dobrescu in 1950. They had a daughter, Alexandra. He died in a hospital on 26 June 2000 in Bucharest, Romania.
References
- ^ "Corneliu Manescu of Romania Elected President of Twenty-Second Session of General Assembly". United Nations Digital Library. 19 September 1967. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Viata lui Corneliu Manescu" (in Romanian). 24 March 2000. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Conducere". www.cmn.ro (in Romanian). Cercul Militar Național. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ "Key ministries. Key Ministries". Retrieved 2010-08-10.
External links
- Short bio, at un.org
- Gabriel Partos, "Obituary: Corneliu Mănescu", The Independent, June 30, 2000
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