Manea Mănescu

Manea Mănescu


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

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

Mănescu's father was a Communist Party veteran from Ploiești, 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 Ceaușescu, 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] He served as Finance Minister from 1955 until 1957.

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.^[3]

Family

Mănescu's wife, Maria, was the sister of Nicolae Ceaușescu. 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.

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Preceded by Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Prime Minister of Romania 1974–1979	Succeeded by Ilie Verdeț

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Kingdom of Romania	Ion C. Brătianu Rosetti L. Catargiu Manu Florescu L. Catargiu Sturdza Aurelian Sturdza Cantacuzino Carp Sturdza Cantacuzino Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Carp Maiorescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Marghiloman Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu Vaida-Voevod Averescu Ionescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Știrbey Ion I. C. Brătianu V. Brătianu Maniu Mironescu Maniu Mironescu Iorga Vaida-Voevod Maniu Vaida-Voevod Duca Angelescu Tătărescu Goga Cristea Călinescu Argeșanu Argetoianu Tătărescu Gigurtu Antonescu Sănătescu Rădescu Groza

R.P.R.-R.S.R.	Groza Gheorghiu-Dej Stoica Maurer Mănescu Verdeț Dăscălescu

Romania since 1989	Roman Stolojan Văcăroiu Ciorbea Dejeu Vasile Athanasiu Isărescu Năstase Bejinariu Popescu-Tăriceanu Boc Predoiu Ungureanu Ponta Oprea Ponta Cîmpeanu Cioloș

Italics indicate interim officeholders.

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