Manea Mănescu

Manea Mănescu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office 29 March 1974 – 29 March 1979
President	Nicolae Ceauşescu
Preceded by	Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Succeeded by	Ilie Verdeţ
Personal details
Born	9 August 1916(1916-08-09) Brăila, Romania
Died	27 February 2009(2009-02-27) (aged 92) Bucharest, Romania
Political party	Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Maria Ceauşescu

Manea Mănescu (August 9, 1916 – February 27, 2009) was a former Romanian communist politician who served as Prime Minister for five years (March 29, 1974 - March 29, 1979) during Nicolae Ceauşescu's Communist regime.

Mănescu's father was a Communist Party veteran from Ploieşti, who in the early 1920s supported the transformation of the Socialist Party into the Communist Party. In 1944, after the coup d'état, he worked together with Nicolae Ceauşescu, his future brother-in-law, in the Communist Youth Union. In 1951, Mănescu was appointed as head of the Department of Economics at Bucharest University and Director General of the Central Directorate of Statistics.^[1]

In December 1967, he was appointed Chairman of the Economic Council. He was promoted to full membership of the Executive Committee in December 1968 and, after holding various positions in the party and government, and in March 1973 he became Prime Minister, a position he held until 1979, when he retired, reportedly due to ill health.^[2] He died in 2009, aged 92.

Family

Mănescu's wife, Maria, was the sister of Nicolae Ceauşescu. In December 1973, she was named Vice Chairman of the Romanian Red Cross Society. She was also named a member of the (Romanian) National Council of Women in April 1978. It is not clear if the Mănescus had any children.

References

1. ^ Political background of Manea Mănescu
2. ^ Biodata

External links

• http://www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/53-6-20.shtml
• http://www.southeasteurope.org/subpage.php?sub_site=11&required=c_info/c_info&doc=timeline&site=7&subj=9

Political offices
Preceded by Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Prime Minister of Romania 1974–1979	Succeeded by Ilie Verdeţ

Persondata
Name	Manescu, Manea
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 August 1916
Place of birth	Brăila, Romania
Date of death	27 February 2009
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania