Aurel Duma

Aurel Duma (born July 25, 1919 in Baba , Coroieni , Maramureş district ; † 1993 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian diplomat and politician of the Romanian Communist Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who among others between 1960 and 1966 President of the National Olympic Committee of Romania, from 1966 to 1972 Ambassador to the People's Republic of China , between 1976 and 1978 member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCR and from 1979 to 1989 State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

Life

Locksmith and party official

After attending elementary school and industrial school in 1933, Duma began training as a machine fitter in a metal construction workshop in Dej and then worked as a fitter for the state railway company CFR ( Căile Ferate Române ) in Ilva Mică and Vatra Dornei and then in the Vulcan factory and then in the Malaxa factory in Bucharest.

In December 1945 he became a member of the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) and was responsible for cadres in the Rupea party committee from February 1946 to 1947 and then responsible for the farmers' department in the party committee in the Târnava Mare region , before moving there in 1948 Became responsible for the organization department. Subsequently, from 1948 to May 1949, he was first an instructor and then between May 1949 and 1950 he was responsible for the propaganda and agitation department in the party committee of the Târnava Mare region.

After being employed as the deputy director of the PMR's publishing industry, he graduated from the party college " Ștefan Gheorghiu " in 1951 and then worked from 1951 to 1954 as secretary of the General Council of the Romanian Society for Relations with the Soviet Union ARLUS (Asociația Romănă pentru Legăturile cu Uniunea Sovietică) . Duma, who at times also studied law , acted between 1954 and 1960 as the deputy head of the Central Committee's department for propaganda and agitation.

NOK President, MP and Ambassador to the PRC

At the seventh party congress of the PMR from December 23 to 28, 1955, Duma was elected a member of the Central Revision Commission and was a member of it until July 23, 1965. In addition, he was President of the Union for Physical Culture and Sport (Uniunii de Cultură Fizică și Sport) between February 1960 and December 1965 and, as such, at the same time, as the successor to Manole Bodnăraș between 1960 and his replacement by Anghel Alexe in 1966, also President of the National Olympic Committee of Romania ( Comitetul Olimpic Român ) .

In 1961 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time , where he represented constituency no. 41 Zimnicea until 1969 . He was elected as a candidate for the Central Committee at the ninth party congress of the PCR from July 19 to 24, 1965.

On March 5, 1966, Duma became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China and held this top diplomatic post until January 4, 1972.

Central Committee Secretary and State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry

On August 12, 1969, he also became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR, to which he belonged until the Romanian Revolution on December 22, 1989 . After his return to Romania he was head of the office of the Central Committee of the PCR from January 4, 1972 to May 7, 1978, and as such from July 1976 to March 23, 1978 also a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCR. Subsequently, between March 7, 1978 and August 29, 1979 he was head of the department for writings and publications of the Central Committee of the PCR.

Duma finally became State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 1, 1979 and also exercised this function until the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime on December 22, 1989. He was thus the closest collaborator of the then Foreign Ministers Ștefan Andrei , Ilie Văduva , Ioan Totu and Ion Stoian . Since January 18, 1980, he has also acted as secretary of the executive office of the National Council of the Democratic Socialist United Front FDUS (Frontul Democrației și Unitǎții Socialiste) , which was responsible for drawing up the lists of candidates for the elections to the Grand National Assembly. March 1980 also member of the commission for problems with party and state cadres at the Central Committee of the PCR.

In 1975 he was re-elected as a member of the Grand National Assembly and this time first represented constituency No. 5 Costeşti , then between 1980 and 1985 constituency No. 4 Adjud and most recently from 1985 to 1989 constituency No. 2 Selbeș . During his parliamentary membership, he was also Vice-President of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly from March 22, 1975.

honors and awards

Duma has received several awards for his longstanding services and received, among other things, the medal "Liberation from the fascist yoke" (Medalia eliberarea de sub jugul fascist) , in 1952 the medal to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the People's Republic of Romania (Medalia A Va aniversare a RPR) , 1954 the Order of Labor Second Class (Ordinul Muncii) , 1957 the Star of the People's Republic of Romania, Fourth Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române) , 1959 the Order 23 August, Fourth Class (Ordinul 23 August) , 1962 the medal in honor of graduation the collectivization of agriculture (În cinstea încheierii colectivizării agriculturii) , 1964 the star of the People's Republic of Romania third class, 1966 the order of Tudor Vladimirescu third class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , 1968 the medal in memory of the 20th anniversary of the People's Republic of Romania (Medalia A XX-a aniversare a RPR) , 1971 the title Hero of Socialist Labor (Erou al Muncii Soci aliste) , 1971 the gold medal "Sickle and Hammer" (Medalia de aur secera și ciocanul) , 1974 the Order of August 23, Second Class, 1981 and again in 1984 the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Second Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) .

In addition, on October 21, 1975 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Infante Dom Henrique .

Web links

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , p. 240