Ilie Rădulescu

Ilie Rădulescu (born October 8, 1925 in Fântâna Domnească , Prunişor , Mehedinți district ) 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 Secretariat between 1979 and 1981 of the Central Committee (ZK) of the PCR.

Life

Locksmith, trade unionist and party official

Rădulescu attended after elementary school between 1940 and 1944 the school of the state railway company CFR ( Căile Ferate Române ) , where he completed a professional training as a locksmith . After graduation, he became a locksmith in the CFR workshop in Turnu Severin in 1944 and worked there until February 1945, before working as a locksmith and technician in the CFR railway depot in Orșova between February 1945 and March 1947 .

In September 1945 he became a member of the trade union and on November 7, 1945 a member of the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) and between March and November 1947 was responsible for propaganda and agitation in the party area committee in the CFR railway depot Orșova, where he was also the union secretary . Thereupon he was from November 1947 to March 1949 first organizational secretary of the basic organization in a battery of the 10th artillery regiment of the 1st Romanian volunteer infantry division "Tudor Vladimirescu" and from March to October 1949 instructor for youth work in the 2nd engineer regiment as well as a member in the organization office of the basic organization of the Tudor Vladimirescu division , before he worked again between October 1949 and March 1950 as a locksmith and technician in the CFR railway depot in Orșova.

After attending a party school for six months from March to September 1950, Rădulescu became an instructor in the department for propaganda and agitation and then between November 1950 and September 1951 head of the press department of the PMR in Caraş-Severin County . He then graduated from 1951 to 1953 with a degree at the College of Social Sciences (Școala Superioarã de Științe sociale " Andrei Alexandrowitsch Schdanow ") .

Journalist and head of the Central Committee

He then became an employee and head of the department for propaganda and philosophy in September 1953 and was then deputy editor-in-chief and head of the editorial secretariat of the magazine Lupta de clasã from April 12, 1955 to July 7, 1962 . As such, Rădulescu, who was also an aspirant at the College of Social Sciences between 1955 and 1957 and attended various part-time courses there, was also a member of the editorial board and a member of the office of the party organization of the magazine since April 1956.

After finishing his work at the magazine Lupta de clasã , Rădulescu, who was also a graduate of the party college " Ștefan Gheorghiu " and obtained a doctorate in philosophy, was first deputy head on July 7, 1962 and then on November 2, 1965 first deputy head of the department for propaganda and agitation of the Central Committee. In the meantime he became a candidate for the Central Committee at the ninth party congress of the PCR from 19 to 24 July 1965. At the same time he was a member of the party committee of the Scânteia publishing house and was also director of the Council for Cultural and Socialist Education between 1965 and 1969.

Deputy and First Party Secretary in Hunedoara County

On August 12, 1969 Rădulescu became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR, to which he belonged until November 28, 1974 and served from 1969 to July 15, 1971 as head of the Central Committee's department for propaganda. In 1969 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time , where he represented constituency No. 14 Periș until 1975 . During his membership in parliament he was from March 13, 1969 to 1975 Vice-President of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Secretary of the Interparliamentary Group.

He was then from July 15, 1971 to December 26, 1972 Secretary of the PCR City Committee of Bucharest and from December 26, 1972 to February 1977 Secretary of the Party Committee in Hunedoara County , before becoming first between February 1977 and March 7, 1978 Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council in Hunedoara County.

State Secretary, Member of the Central Committee Secretariat and Director General of RTR

Then Rădulescu became State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry on March 7, 1978 and thus one of the closest employees of the new Foreign Minister Ștefan Andrei . At the same time, he acted in 1978 as Vice President of the National Center for the Promotion of Friendship and Cooperation with Other Peoples and, since August 29, 1978, as a member of the National Council of the state broadcasting company RTR ( Radioteleviziunea Română ) .

On February 6, 1979 he was appointed head of the Central Committee's department for propaganda, which he headed until September 18, 1981. Shortly thereafter, Rădulescu was again a member of the Central Committee of the PCR on March 20, 1979 and was a member of this until November 22, 1984. At the same time he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee on March 20, 1979 and held this function until November 26, 1981. In addition, he held the position of President of the Management Council of the magazine Era Socialistă from June 14, 1979 and was also Vice-President of the Office of the Commission for Ideological Problems, Political Activities, Culture and Socialist Education of the Central Committee of the PCR from March 27, 1980. In 1980 he was again a member of the Grand National Assembly, where he represented constituency no. 2 Oltenița until 1985 .

After finishing his activity in the Central Committee Rădulescu was on November 26, 1981 General Director of Radioteleviziunea Română and held this function until March 29, 1984 from. Most recently, from June 1984 until his retirement, he was Head of the Department for Culture and Press at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

honors and awards

Rădulescu has received several awards for his longstanding services and received, among others, the Order of Labor Third Class (Ordinul Muncii) in 1957, the Order of August 23, Fifth Class (Ordinul August 23) , and in 1964 the Star of the People's Republic of Romania, Fourth Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române) , 1965 Order of Labor Second Class, 1966 Order Tudor Vladimirescu Fifth Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , 1971 Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania Second Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) , 1971 Order 23 August Second Class and in 1981 and 1984 the Order of Tudor Vladimirescu Second Class.

Web link

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , p. 506 f.