Second Stoica cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:	Second Stoica cabinet
Cabinet Number:	99th
Jurisdiction:	Romania
Flag:	Flag of Romania.svg
Flag Border:	true
Government Head Title:	President of the Council of Ministers
Government Head:	Chivu Stoica (PCR)
Deputy Government Head Title:	First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
Deputy Government Head:	Emil Bodnăraș (PCR) Petre Borilă (PCR) Miron Constantinescu (PCR) (PCR) Alexandru Moghioroș (PCR) Alexandru Bârlădeanu (PCR) Ștefan Voitec (PCR) (PCR)
State Head Title:	President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
State Head:	Petru Groza until January 7, 1958, Ion Gheorghe Maurer from January 10, 1958
Members Number:	41
Total Number:	55
Political Parties:	PCR
Legislature Status:	Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Election:	1957
Legislature Term:	3rd Great National Assembly
Successor:	Maurer I

The Second Stoica cabinet was the government of Romania from March 20, 1957 to March 20, 1961.

Changes in the government

- December 5, 1958 - The Ministry of Mines was abolished, becoming a department within the Ministry of Heavy Industry.

- May 4, 1959 - The State Committee for Construction, Architecture, and Systematization was established.

Composition of the cabinet

• Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Chivu Stoica (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

Deputy Prime Ministers

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Emil Bodnăraș^[1] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Petre Borilă^{[2] [3]} (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Miron Constantinescu (March 20, 1957 - July 15, 1957)

(October 10, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Alexandru Moghioroș (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Alexandru Bârlădeanu^{[4] [5]} (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Ștefan Voitec^[6] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

(February 8, 1958 - March 20, 1961)

Ministers

• Minister of the Interior

Alexandru Drăghici^[7] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Foreign Affairs

Grigore Preoteasa (March 20, 1957 - July 15, 1957)

Ion Gheorghe Maurer (July 15, 1957 - January 23, 1958)

Avram Bunaciu^[8] (January 23, 1958 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Justice

(March 20, 1957 - December 31, 1957)

Avram Bunaciu (December 31, 1957 - January 23, 1958)

(January 23, 1958 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of National Defence

Leontin Sălăjan^[9] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Finance

(March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Heavy Industry

(March 20, 1957 - April 27, 1959)

(April 27, 1959 - July 1, 1960)

(July 1, 1960 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Mines

(March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Petroleum and Chemistry

(March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Consumer Goods Industry

Ștefan Voitec^[10] (March 20, 1957 - April 27, 1959)

(April 27, 1959 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Construction and Building Materials (on May 4, 1959, the ministry was abolished)

(March 20, 1957 - December 5, 1958)

(December 5, 1958 - May 4, 1959)

• Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Ion Cosma (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Forestry Economics

(December 17, 1959 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Trade

(March 20, 1957 - August 17, 1959)

Gheorghe Rădulescu^[11] (August 17, 1959 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Transport and Telecommunications

Emil Bodnăraș (March 20, 1957 - April 27, 1959)

(April 27, 1959 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Health and Social Provisions

(March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• Minister of Education

Miron Constantinescu (March 20, 1957 - July 15, 1957)

(July 15, 1957 - January 16, 1960)

Ilie Murgulescu (January 16, 1960 - March 20, 1961)

Minister Secretaries of State

• President of the State Planning Committee (with ministerial rank)

Gheorghe Gaston Marin^[12] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)

• President of the State Control Commission (with ministerial rank)

Dumitru Coliu^[13]

Notes and References

1. Final Report, p. 43 n. 32
2. Tismăneanu, Stalinism..., p.293
3. George H. Hodos, Show Trials: Stalinist Purges in Eastern Europe, 1948-1954, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, 1987, p.99.
4. 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,
5. 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
6. Dobre et al., p. 627. See also Dumitrescu, p. 329
7. Grigore and Șerbu, p. 311; S. Neagoe, p. 249
8. Book: Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Statesman, 1953–1964. Khrushchev . Nikita. Khrushchev . Sergey. Shriver . George . Shenfield . Stephen . 2007 . Pennsylvania State University . United States . 978-0-271-02935-1 . 292 . 2010-08-17.
9. Galeria Şefilor SMG, at the Romanian Defense Ministry site; accessed April 2, 2012
10. Dobre et al., p. 627. See also Dumitrescu, p. 329
11. Banu & Banu, p. 246; Dobre et al., p. 505
12. Web site: A murit Gaston Marin, "dirijorul" electrificării României. Jurnalul Național. Romanian. December 6, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131211223331/http://jurnalul.ro/stire-observator/a-murit-gaston-marin-dirijorul-electrificarii-romaniei-537131.html. December 11, 2013. dead.
13. Tismăneanu, p.102
14. Biografiile nomenklaturii, at the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile] site; accessed May 22, 2012^[13] (March 20, 1957 - March 20, 1961)
    • President of the Committee for the Issues of Local Organs of State Administration (with ministerial rank)

    (March 20, 1957 - May 4, 1959)

    • President of the State Waters Committee (with ministerial rank)

    (March 20, 1957 - December 5, 1958)

    (December 5, 1958 - March 20, 1961)

    • Ceremonial Head of State (with ambassadorial rank)

    (February 8, 1958 - March 20, 1961)

    Sources

    • 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.
    • Horia Dumitrescu, "Ștefan Voitec și Țara Vrancei", in Cronica Vrancei, Vol. I, 2000, pp. 313–330.
    • Constantin Grigore and Miliana Șerbu, Miniștrii de interne (1862–2007), Editura Ministerului Internelor și Reformei Administrative, Bucharest, 2007.
    • Stelian Neagoe - "History of Romanian governments from the beginning - 1859 to our days - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
    • Rompres
    • Vladimir Tismăneanu, Stalinism for All Seasons: A Political History of Romanian Communism, University of California Press, 2003,

    External links

    • Acad. Ilie MURGULESCU (1902 – 1991) Chimist, inventator, presedinte al Academiei Romine