Ștefan Andrei

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Ștefan Andrei (left) with Nicolae Ceaușescu at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in Helsinki (1975)

Ștefan Andrei (born March 29, 1931 in Livezi , Podari , Dolj district ; † August 31, 2014 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian politician of the Romanian Communist Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who under Between 1972 and 1978 he was a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee (ZK) of the PCR, from 1972 to 1974 a candidate member of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee, between 1974 and 1989 a candidate member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee and from 1978 to 1985 Romania's Foreign Minister . Andrei, who was married to the famous actress Violeta Andrei , succeeded George Macovescu as head of the Foreign Ministry and was also a member of the Defense Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania in this capacity .

Life

University degree, journalist and party official

Andrei attended the Frații Buzeşti -Lyzeum in Craiova from 1943 to 1951 and then began studying hydraulic engineering at the Technical University of Construction Bucharest , which he graduated in 1954. In 1951, while still a student, he became an editor in the international section of Scânteia tineretului , the daily newspaper of the Communist Union of Workers' Youth UTM (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitor) .

After completing his studies as a hydraulic engineer, Andrei became head of the laboratory and assistant at the Institute for Petroleum and Gas in Bucharest in 1954. In 1960 he was then head of the Commission for Culture and Art and the International Commission of the Council of the Union of Student Associations in Romania UASR (Uniunea Asociațiilor Studenților din România) . He was then from 1961 to May 1965 Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Central Committee of the PMR and from May 1965 to July 23, 1966, Deputy Head of the Department for Foreign Affairs of the Central Committee of the PCR. After that, from July 23, 1966, he was the first deputy head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the PCR and thus the closest collaborator of its head, Ghizela Vass .

At the tenth party congress of the PCR from October 6 to 12, 1969, he was first a candidate for the Central Committee and then on July 21, 1972 a member of the Central Committee of the PCR, to which he belonged until December 22, 1989.

Central Committee Secretary, Foreign Minister and Vice-Prime Minister

In addition, he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee on July 21, 1972 and held this position until March 23, 1978. Before that, he was a candidate of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the PCR on April 18, 1972 and then from November 24, 1974 to December 22, 1989 candidate of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the PCR. Andrei, who had been a member of the Defense Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Consiliul Apărării al Republicii Socialiste România) since April 29, 1974 , became head of the International Department of the Central Committee on March 9, 1977.

Andrei became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time in 1975 and initially represented the constituency of Târgu Jiu No. 1 and between 1980 and 1985 the constituency of Horezu No. 4 , before he represented the constituency of Videle No. 7 from 1985 to 1989 .

On March 28, 1978, Andrei became Foreign Minister (Ministrul Afacerilor Externe), succeeding George Macovescu. He kept this ministerial office until November 11, 1985 and was then replaced by Ilie Văduva . He himself then became President of the Central Council for the Control of the Work of Economic Activities and Social Affairs (Consiliului Central de Control Muncitoresc al Activitãții Economice şi Sociale) and held this function until October 24, 1987. Subsequently, between September 14, 1987 and December 22, 1989, he was Vice Prime Minister and thus Deputy Prime Minister Constantin Dăscălescu .

Andrei was married to the well-known actress Violeta Andrei, who also appeared in several DEFA feature films, such as Severino (1978), in which she played the chief's daughter Maruja at the side of Gojko Mitić .

honors and awards

Andrei has received several awards for his longstanding services and received, among others, the Order of Labor Third Class (Ordinul Muncii) in 1962 , the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Fourth Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) in 1966, and Third Class in 1971, and the Order of 23rd in 1981 . August first class (Ordinul August 23) and 1984 the Medalia A 40-a aniversare a revoluției de eliberare socialã şi naþionalã, antifascistã şi antiimperialistã .

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SURNAME Andrei, Ștefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician (PCR)
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Livezi , Podari , Dolj district
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2014
Place of death Bucharest