Manea Mănescu
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Manea Mănescu
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| In office March 29, 1974 – March 29, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Ion Gheorghe Maurer |
| Succeeded by | Ilie Verdeţ |
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| Born | August 9, 1916 Brăila, Romania |
| Died | February 27, 2009 Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | Romanian Communist Party |
| Spouse | Maria Ceauşescu Mănescu |
Manea Mănescu (born August 9, 1916, Brăila – died February 27, 2009, Bucharest) 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 Ploiesti, who in the early 1920s supported the transformation of the Socialist party to the Communist Party. In 1944, after the coup d'etat, 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, in March 1973 became Prime Minister until 1979, when Mănescu retired, reportedly due to ill health. [2]
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[edit] Death
Manea Mănescu died in 2009, aged 92.
[edit] 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 a member of the (Romanian) National Council of Women since April 1978. It is not clear if the Mănescus had any children.
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- 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
