The first Maurer cabinet was the government of Romania from 21 March 1961 to 18 March 1965.
Changes in the government
27 February 1962 - The Ministry of Construction Industry was established. 30 April 1962 - The Ministry of Commerce was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Internal Commerce and the Ministry of External Commerce. 31 May 1962 - The Ministry of Agriculture was abolished, and the Superior Council of Agriculture was established. 9 June 1962 - The Ministry of Education and Culture was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Education and the State Committee for Culture and Arts. 31 October 1963 - The Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Construction was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction.
Composition The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:Stelian Neagoe - "Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
President of the Council of Ministers: Ion Gheorghe Maurer (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers: Gheorghe Apostol (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers: Emil BodnărașFinal Report, p. 43 n. 32 (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Petre BorilăTismăneanu, Stalinism..., p.293George H. Hodos, Show Trials: Stalinist Purges in Eastern Europe, 1948-1954, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, 1987, p.99. (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Alexandru Drăghici (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Alexandru Moghioroș (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Alexandru BârlădeanuBogdan 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, 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 (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Gheorghe Gaston Marin (29 September 1962 – 18 March 1965) Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965) (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965)
Minister of the Interior: Alexandru DrăghiciGrigore and Șerbu, p. 311; S. Neagoe, p. 249 (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Foreign Affairs: Corneliu Mănescu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Justice: Ioan Constant Manoliu (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of National Defense: Leontin Sălăjan Galeria Şefilor SMG, at the Romanian Defense Ministry site; accessed April 2, 2012 (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Finance: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Metallurgy and Machine Construction (on 31 October 1963, the ministry was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction): (21 March 1961 – 31 October 1963) Minister of Metallurgical Industry: Ion Marinescu (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Machine Construction: (31 October 1963 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Mines and Electric Power: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Petroleum and Chemical Industry: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Construction Industry: Dumitru Mosora (27 February 1962 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Light Industry: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Agriculture: (21 March 1961 – 30 April 1962) (30 April – 31 May 1962) President of the Superior Council of Agriculture (with ministerial rank): (31 May 1962 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Food Industry: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Forestry Economics: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Commerce (on 30 April 1962, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of External Commerce and the Ministry of Internal Commerce): Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (21 March 1961 – 30 April 1962) Minister of External Commerce: Gheorghe (Gogu) RădulescuBanu & Banu, p. 246; Dobre et al., p. 505 (30 April 1962 – 31 October 1963) Victor Ionescu (31 October 1963 – 22 December 1964) Mihail Petri (22 December 1964 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Internal Commerce: (30 April 1962 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Transport and Telecommunications: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Health and Social Provisions: (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965) Minister of Education and Culture (from 9 June 1962, only Minister of Education): Ilie G. Murgulescu (21 March 1961 – 16 April 1963) (16 April 1963 – 18 March 1965)
Minister Secretaries of State
President of the State Committee for Culture and Arts (with ministerial rank): Constanța Crăciun (9 June 1962 – 18 March 1965)
President of the State Planning Committee (with ministerial rank): Gheorghe Gaston Marin (21 March 1961 – 18 March 1965)
President of the Committee for Local Administration Issues (with ministerial rank): (10 December 1961 – 18 March 1965)
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,
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