Florea Dumitrescu

Florea Dumitrescu (born April 4, 1927 in Necşeşti , Teleorman district ; † April 16, 2018 ) was a Romanian politician of the Romanian Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who was finance minister between 1969 and 1978 and ambassador to from 1978 to 1983 of the People's Republic of China and Burma and between 1984 and 1989 was Governor of the Romanian National Bank (BNR).

Life

Studies, employee of the National Bank and the Central Committee

Dumitrescu attended the commercial high school in Roșiorii de Vede between 1939 and 1942 and then from 1943 to 1946 the commercial school in Turnu Măgurele . He then began in 1946 to study at the Faculty of Finance and Credit of the Bucharest Business Academy founded in 1913 (Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti) . In addition to his studies, he worked in the personnel department of the state railway company Căile Ferate Române (CFR) from 1946 to 1947 and was actively involved between 1946 and 1949 in the student organization UNSR (Uniunea Națională a Studenților din România) and in the Communist Youth Association UTC (Uniunea Tineretului Comunist ) . After completing his studies with a doctorate in economics in 1949, he became an economist at the state bank and initially worked in its branch in Cugir , before he was head of department in its branch in Deva between 1949 and 1952 . At the same time he was from 1949 to 1951 secretary of the basic organization there of the then youth association UTM (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitor) .

In 1951, Dumitrescu moved to the Romanian National Bank BNR (Banca Națională a României) , where he was initially an inspector, 1953 chief inspector, later head of the service and in January 1961 deputy head of the planning department, and between January 1962 and December 1965 he was head of the department for agricultural loans BNR was. In June 1962 he became a member of the Romanian Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) and was initially involved in a district of Bucharest as a propagandist. In December 1965, he left the service of the National Bank and moved to the Central Committee for Economic Planning. There he was initially an instructor until February 25, 1966, then head of cabinet and from July 23, 1966 to May 22, 1967, head of the Finance, Banking, Insurance, Prices and Arbitration Section, before he was between May 22, 1967 and May 15, 1967 January 1968 acted as deputy head of this Central Committee department.

Then Dumitrescu became a member on January 15, 1968 and was then vice-president of the Economic Council of the Central Committee of the PCR between April 8, 1968 and August 19, 1969. In addition, he taught from 1968 to August 19, 1969 as a lecturer at the Faculty of Statistics of the Bucharest Business Academy. In 1969 he also became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) and was a member until 1980 and again between 1985 and 1989. At the beginning of his membership in the Grand National Assembly, he became secretary of the Committee on Economy and Finance on March 13, 1969.

Finance Minister, Ambassador to China and Burma and Governor of the National Bank

On August 12, 1969, he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the PCR and on August 19, 1969, he succeeded Virgil Pîrvu as Minister of Finance (Ministru de finanțe) in the fifth cabinet of Prime Minister Ion Gheorghe Maurer . He held this ministerial post until March 7, 1978 and was then replaced by Paul Niculescu-Mizil . On July 21, 1972 he became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR and was a member of this until the XIVth Party Congress on November 24, 1989 . In addition, in May 1973 he became President of the Council for Banks and Finance and a member of the Council of the Supreme Audit Office. In November 1973 he also became a member of the Supreme Council for Economic and Social Development and also a member of the Permanent Bureau of the Council of Ministers and, on May 14, 1975, finally also a member of the Executive Office of the Council of Ministers.

After his resignation from the Council of Ministers, Dumitrescu took over the post of ambassador to the People's Republic of China on July 6, 1978 and remained at this post until April 15, 1983. At the same time he was accredited as ambassador to Burma between May 7, 1979 and March 9, 1983 . On his return he served between May 3, 1983 and March 17, 1984 as State Secretary in the State Presidium and as Secretary to the Secretary General of the PCR, Nicolae Ceaușescu . In addition, on December 22, 1983, he became a member of the Central Council for Labor Control of Economic and Social Activities.

As the successor to Vasile Răuță Dumitrescu was on March 17, 1984 Governor of the Romanian National Bank and held this post until March 17, 1989, whereupon Decebal Urdea on March 31, 1989 his successor. On April 5, 1989 he became Vice President of the Savings and Transfer Fund CEC (Casa de Economii și Consemnațiuni) .

honors and awards

Dumitrescu has received several awards for his services, including the Ordinul Muncii (Order of Labor) Third Class (1963) and the Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România ( Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania ) Second Class (1971).

literature

• 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. 244 ( PDF; 12.1 MB ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A murit Florea Dumitrescu. Fostul guvernator BNR avea 91 de ani. In: antena3.ro. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 (Romanian). 
2. ↑ Dumitrescu represented the following constituencies in the Grand National Assembly: 1969 to 1975 No. 2 Bârlad , 1975 to 1980 No. 10 Segarcea and 1985 to 1989 No. 6 Murgeni .
3. ^ List of governors of the Romanian National Bank BNR
4. ↑ In an interview conducted on September 8, 2016, Dumitrescu reported on his work as governor of the National Bank and the growing economic problems at the end of the Ceaușescu era , which ultimately led to national bankruptcy despite foreign loans . Florea Dumitrescu, guvernatorul BNR, înainte de Isărescu, povesteşte. Cum era să fie asasinat de Ceaușescu pentru că nu a vrut să schimbe bugetul . In: Evenimentul zilei of September 8, 2016