Dumitru Popa

Dumitru Popa (born February 27, 1925 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian politician of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who among other things was Mayor of Bucharest between 1968 and 1972 , from 1972 to 1978 Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Minister of Industrial Construction between 1980 and 1982.

Life

After attending school, Popa completed vocational training from 1939 to 1943 and then worked between 1943 and 1946 at the Lemaître factory in Bucharest , which was renamed the Timpuri Noi factory in 1945 . In March 1945 he joined the then Romanian Communist Party PCdR (Partidul Comunist din România) as a member of the machine fitter . After attending the party school in Constanța , he was briefly employed in the Party Committee of Sector 2 in Bucharest in 1946 and then worked in the Bucharest City Party Committee between 1946 and 1953, before he was Secretary for Economics of the Bucharest City Party Committee between 1953 and March 1954. In 1948 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time , where he represented the constituency of Olt until 1952 . From March 1954 to 1956 he was group leader and head of a section in the cadre department of the Central Committee (ZK) of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) . He then completed a degree in economics at the Bucharest Business Academy (Academia de Studii Economice) and, in 1960, a degree at the party college " Ștefan Gheorghiu " .

After that, Popa was first secretary of the party committee in Hunedoara County between 1961 and 1966 . In 1961 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly again and was a member of it until 1975. At the ninth party congress of the PCR (July 19 to 24, 1965) he was elected a member of the Central Committee, to which he belonged until June 3, 1983. He was also between July 24, 1965 and August 12, 1969 member of the Central College of the party (Colegiului Central de Partid) . 1966 became First Secretary of the Bucharest City Party Committee and held this position until 1968. He then became in February 1968 successor to Ion Cosma President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council and Mayor of Bucharest (primary general) . He held these offices until April 24, 1972 and was then replaced by Gheorghe Cioară . On August 12, 1969, he also became a candidate for the Executive Committee of the PC Central Committee and held this position until July 21, 1972.

After losing his post as Bucharest Mayor, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea between December 21, 1972 and July 13, 1978 . After his return, he served from July 13, 1978 to March 29, 1979 as State Secretary in the Ministry of Chemical Industry and then on March 29, 1979 head of the Department of Military and Judicial Affairs of the Central Committee. At the Twelfth Party Congress of the PCR (November 19 to 23, 1979) he also became a member of the Central Committee's secretariat and was a member of this body until March 29, 1980. He then served as Minister for Industrial Buildings (Ministrul construcțiilor industriale) between March 29, 1980 and November 3, 1982 . In 1980 he was again a member of the Grand National Assembly, where he represented the constituency of Fălticeni until 1985 . He became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on June 3, 1983 .

honors and awards

Popa has received several awards for his many years of service and received, among other things, the Star of the People's Republic of Romania fifth class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române) in 1954 , the Order of Labor Third Class (Ordinul Muncii) in 1961 , and in 1964 the Order of August 23, Third Class (Ordinul August 23) , 1964 the Order of Tudor Vladimirescu Third Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , 1971 the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania First Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) and 1981 the Order of August 23, Second Class.

literature

• Coliu Dumitru. In: Florica Dobre (ed.): Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționary. Editura Enciclopedicã, Bucharest 2004, ISBN 973-45-0486-X , p. 476 f. ( PDF; 12.1 MB ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He represented the following constituencies in the Grand National Assembly: Vitan (1961 to 1965), Lupeni (1965 to 1969) and most recently Grivița Roșie (1969 to 1975).