Nicolae Marinescu (2 September 1884 – 28 April 1963) was a

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n medical doctor, an army general in

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, and a politician, holding various cabinet positions. Marinescu was promoted to brigadier general in April 1937 and to major general in June 1943. He served as Minister of Health and Social Security in the Argetoianu cabinet from 28 September to 23 November 1939. He also served as Minister of State Secretary for the Department of Labour, Health and Social Security in the First Sănătescu cabinet from 23 August to 3 November 1944. He was arrested on 5 May 1950 by the Communist authorities and sentenced to 5 years of prison; he was detained at

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and released in 1955.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinescu, Nicolae 1884 births 1963 deaths People from Argeș County Place of death missing Romanian generals Romanian military personnel of World War II Generals of World War II Romanian Ministers of Health Romanian Ministers of Labor Members of the Romanian Academy of Sciences 20th-century Romanian physicians Inmates of Sighet prison