Gheorghe Oprea

Gheorghe Oprea (born April 15, 1927 in Băicoi , Prahova district ; † 1998 ) was a Romanian politician of the Romanian Communist Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who was a member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee (ZK) of the PCR was. The trained mechanical engineer was Vice-Prime Minister from 1974 to 1978 and then first Vice-Prime Minister until the Romanian Revolution on December 22, 1989, making him one of the highest government officials in the country. As such, from the end of the 1970s until the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime on December 22, 1989, he was largely responsible for Romania's industrial development and energy supply.

Life

Degree, engineer and ministerial official

Oprea attended the industrial high school in Ploieşti between 1938 and 1972 and then worked as an analyst and technical controller in the local Mǎrgineanca factory. In 1946 he joined the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) as a member and completed a mechanical engineering degree from 1949 , which he completed as an engineer. During his studies, he was involved in the organization office of the basic party organization of the faculty and then worked for a short time as an instructor in the Central Committee's department for heavy industry, before he became a controller in a section of the Ministry of Defense in 1951.

Oprea then moved to the Ministry of Heavy Industry, where initially he was head of the main department for metal production and consumer goods and then between 1957 and 1961 head of the control body and head of the main department for precision engineering. He was then deputy head of the main department for trucks, tractors and precision engineering in the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering between 1961 and 1962 and then vice minister for the mechanical engineering industry from 1962 to March 3, 1970. At the ninth party congress of the PCR from July 19 to 24, 1965, he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the PCR and had also been a member of the Committee for State Awards since June 1, 1966. In addition, on October 6, 1969, he became head of the main department for series production in the Ministry for the Mechanical Engineering Industry and on February 24, 1970, he became a consultant to the Central Committee of the PCR.

Oprea became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR on July 21, 1972 and belonged to it until the Romanian Revolution on December 22, 1989. At the same time he was on May 8, 1973 Vice President of the Supreme Council for Economic and Social Development.

Member of Parliament and promotion to First Vice Prime Minister

On March 30, 1974 Oprea was first Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and held this position until March 18, 1975. At the eleventh party congress of the PCR from November 24 to 27, 1974 he was elected to the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the PCR and was a member this leadership body of the party until December 22, 1989.

In 1975 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time , where he represented constituency no. 1 Ploieşti-Sud until 1980 and then constituency no. 3 Galați-Nord, and most recently between 1985 and 1989 constituency no. 3 “16 Februaryie “Cluj-Napoca .

At the same time he held the position of Vice-Prime Minister between March 18, 1975 and March 7, 1978, before he was last Vice-Prime Minister from April 25, 1978 until the revolution of December 22, 1989. From April 25, 1978 to January 17, 1983, he was also President of the Coordination Council for the Development of Energy Fundamentals and the Functioning of the National Energy System. In addition, he was President of the Coordination Council for the expansion, specialization and cooperation between the mechanical engineering industry and the metallurgical industry from April 9, 1979, and in 1987 he was also President of the Coordination Council for the coordination of the activities of the chemical, petrochemical and light industry and also President in 1987 of the Coordination Council for Activities in Transport and Telecommunications.

honors and awards

Uglar has received several awards for his longstanding services and received the Order of Tudor Vladimirescu Fifth Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) on May 18, 1966 , the Order of Labor First Class (Ordinul Muncii) on April 15, 1977 and April 22, 1984 the medal A 40 - a aniversare a revoluției de eliberare socialǎ și națională, antifascistă și antiimperialistă .

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

Web links

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , p. 442
• Gheorghe Oprea a refuzat azilul politic de dragul lui Ceauşescu . In: Jurnalul from February 1, 2011 (accessed on June 19, 2015)