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The first cabinet of
Petru Groza
Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Commu ...
was the government of
Romania
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from 6 March 1945 to 30 November 1946. It was Romania's first Communist-led government.
World War II
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ended during this government.
Ministers
The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:
*President of the Council of Ministers:
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Petru Groza
Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Commu ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs:
:*
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* Gheorghe Adamescu
* Gheorghe Albu
* Gheorghe Alexandrescu
* Gheorghe Andriev
* Gheorghe Apostol
* ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of the Interior:
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Teohari Georgescu
Teohari Georgescu (January 31, 1908 – December 31, 1976) was a Romanian statesman and a high-ranking member of the Romanian Communist Party.
Early life
Born in Chitila, near Bucharest, he was the third of seven children of Constantin and A ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Justice:
:*
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (; November 4, 1900 – April 17, 1954) was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he w ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of War:
:*Gen.
Constantin Vasiliu-Rășcanu (6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Finance:
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Dumitru Alimănișteanu (6 March - 11 April 1945)
:*
Mircea Duma (11 April - 23 August 1945)
:*
Alexandru Alexandrini (23 August 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Agriculture and Property:
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Romulus Zăroni (6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Industry and Commerce:
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Petre Bejan
Petre Bejan (January 2, 1896–September 6, 1978) was a Romanian engineer and politician.
Biography Background and early career
Born in PloieÈ™ti, Bejan was descended from a family of educators from Monor village in Transylvania’s BistriÈ ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Mines and Petroleum:
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Tudor Ionescu (6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Communications and Public Works:
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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ( ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Cooperation:
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Anton Alexandrescu
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(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Labour:
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Lothar Rădăceanu
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Born to an e ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Social Assistance and Insurance:
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Gheorghe Nicolau (6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Health:
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Dumitru Bagdasar (6 March 1945 - 24 April 1946)
:*(interim)
Petre Constantinescu-Iași
Petre Constantinescu-Iași (25 November 1892 – 1 December 1977) was a Romanian historian, academic and communist politician.
Biography
Early life and education
Petre Constantinescu was born in the city of Iași, in a modest family of teache ...
(24 April - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of National Education:
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Ștefan Voitec
Ștefan Voitec (also rendered Ștefan Voitech,''Politics and Political Parties'', pp. 264, 554 Stepan Voitek;V. Kolesnik, "Spioonide Internatsionaal (Trotskistid faschistlikkude luureasutuste tegevuses)", in ''Edasi'', Issue 105/1937, p. 2 June 1 ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Propaganda:
[From 5 March 1946, Minister of Information.]
:*
Petre Constantinescu-Iași
Petre Constantinescu-Iași (25 November 1892 – 1 December 1977) was a Romanian historian, academic and communist politician.
Biography
Early life and education
Petre Constantinescu was born in the city of Iași, in a modest family of teache ...
(6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of Religious Affairs:
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Constantin Burducea (6 March 1945 - 30 November 1946)
*Minister of the Arts:
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Mihail Ralea (6 March 1945 - 19 August 1946)
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Octav Livezeanu (19 August - 30 November 1946)
*Minister Secretaries of State:
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Emil Hațieganu
Emil Hațieganu (December 9, 1878—May 13, 1959) was a Romanian politician and jurist, a prominent member of the Romanian National Party (PNR) and of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ); he was physician Iuliu Hațieganu's brother. ...
(7 January - 30 November 1946)
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Mihail Romniceanu (7 January - 30 November 1946)
References
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