The first Stoica cabinet was the government of Romania from October 4, 1955 to March 19, 1957.
Changes in the government
January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was divided as follows: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry and Ministry of State Farming.
January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry was reorganized, becoming the Ministry of Wood Industry.
January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Health merged with the Ministry of Social Welfare to form the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Collections was abolished.
February 19, 1957 - The Ministry of Communal Households and Local Industry was abolished.
Composition
The ministers of the cabinet were as follows: Chivu Stoica Government ; accessed April 5, 2012
President of the Council of Ministers: Chivu Stoica (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
First Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers: Emil BodnărașFinal Report, p. 43 n. 32 (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Petre BorilăTismăneanu, Stalinism..., p.293George H. Hodos, Show Trials: Stalinist Purges in Eastern Europe, 1948-1954, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, 1987, p.99. (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Alexandru DrăghiciGrigore and Șerbu, p. 311; S. Neagoe, p. 249 (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Miron Constantinescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers: Dumitru Petrescu (October 4, 1955 – May 26, 1956) (26 May 1956 – 19 March 1957) Simion Bughici (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Alexandru Moghioroș (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) 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 (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Ștefan Voitec (November 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957)
Minister of the Interior: Pavel Ștefan (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Foreign Affairs: Grigore Preoteasa (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Justice: Gheorghe Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of National Defense: Leontin Sălăjan Galeria Şefilor SMG, at the Romanian Defense Ministry site; accessed April 2, 2012 (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Finance: Manea Mănescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of the Metallurgy and Machine Construction: (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Chemical Industry: (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of the Petroleum Industry: Ion Dumitru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Coal: Ioan Mineu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Electricity and Electrotechnical Industry: (October 4, 1955 – February 19, 1957) (19 February – 19 March 1957) Minister of Constructions: (4 October 1955 – 10 January 1956) (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of the Construction Materials Industry: (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Light Industry: (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Agriculture (from January 10, 1956 the ministry was reorganized as the Ministry of Agriculture): Constantin PopescuIon Alexandrescu, Enciclopedia de istorie a României, vol. 2, pp. 121-23. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2000. (October 4, 1955 – January 10, 1956) (January 10 – May 26, 1956) Marin Stancu (May 26, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry (the Ministry was reorganized on January 10, 1956 under the name of the Ministry of Wood Industry): (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Food Industry: Constantin Teodoru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of State Agricultural Households: (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of communal households and local industry (on February 19, 1957 the ministry was abolished): (October 4, 1955 – March 23, 1956) (March 23, 1956 – February 19, 1957) Minister of Forestry: Constantin Popescu (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Collections (on January 21, 1957, the ministry was abolished): (October 4, 1955 – May 11, 1956) Constantin DonceaDobre, p.224 (May 11, 1956 – January 21, 1957) Minister of Internal Trade: Ștefan VoitecDobre et al., p. 627; Dumitrescu, p. 328 (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956) Minister of Foreign Trade: Marcel Popescu (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956) Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (24 November 1956 – 19 March 1957) Minister of Railways: Ionel Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – September 24, 1956) (September 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Naval and Air Transport: Gheorghe D. Safer (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Posts and Telecommunications: (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Social Provisions (on January 21, 1957 the ministry was abolished): (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957) Minister of Health (on January 21, 1957 merged with the Ministry of Social Provisions): (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957) Minister of Health and Social Provisions: (January 21 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Education: Ilie G. Murgulescu (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956) Miron Constantinescu (November 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Culture: Constanța Crăciun (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957) Minister of Religions: Petre Constantinescu-Iași (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
Ministers Secretaries of State
President of the State Planning Committee (with the rank of minister): Alexandru Bârlădeanu (October 4, 1955 – May 26, 1956) Gheorghe Gaston Marin (26 May 1956 – 19 March 1957)
President of the State Control Commission (with the rank of minister): Dumitru Coliu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
President of the State Committee for Architecture and Systematization (with the rank of minister): (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
Source Stelian Neagoe - "History of Romanian governments from the beginning - 1859 to our days - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995) Rompres
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