Gheorghe Zărnescu

Gheorghe Zărnescu (born December 4, 1926 in Mărăcineni , Argeș County ) is a former Romanian Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces ( Armata Română ) and a politician of the Romanian Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who among other things was in command of the Air Force (Aviației ) between 1977 and 1986 Militare Române) was.

Life

Zărnescu graduated from the aeronautical engineering school in 1947 and joined the youth organization of the UTM Labor Party (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitor) in 1948 . After attending the Air Force Officers' School from 1948 to 1950, he became chief of the patrol of the 3rd Air Force Regiment in 1950 and subsequently chief of the patrol of the school for air navigation officers. In 1952 he became head of a season . In the following years he was a graduate of the air force section of the military academy and in 1955 joined the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) as a member. In 1958 he became an operations officer in the Air Defense and Air Defense Command and then in 1959 Chief of Staff of the 15th Air Force Division, before he became head of the research department in the Air Defense and Air Defense Command in 1960. In addition, Zărnescu, who was promoted to major general in 1972 , was a member of the National Council for Science and Technology in 1974 and a member of the Office of the Air Force Political Council in 1976.

After Zărnescu was Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Air Force, he replaced General Aurel Niculescu as Commander of the Air Force (Aviației Militare Române) on October 18, 1977 . He held this post for almost nine years until August 9, 1986, after which he was replaced by General Iosif Rus . During this time he was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1979 . He was elected a member of the PCR Central Committee at the Twelfth Party Congress of the PCR (November 19 to 23, 1979) and was a member of this body until December 22, 1989. In 1980 he also became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) and represented in this until 1985 first the constituency No. 9 Livezeni and then between 1985 and 1989 the constituency No. 9 Zărneşti . During his parliamentary membership he was a member of the Defense Committee from April 1, 1980 to 1989. On August 22, 1984 he was promoted to colonel general .

Subsequently, Zărnescu was between August 9, 1986 and October 22, 1989 Vice-President of the State Planning Commission and also acted as Secretary of the Council for the Coordination of Activities in Transport and Telecommunications between 1988 and 1989. Most recently, on October 20, 1989, he became Deputy Minister for Transport and Telecommunications and Head of the Civil Aviation Department of this Ministry, and held these positions until the revolution in December 1989 .

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. 632 f. ( PDF; 12.1 MB ).