Ion Coman

General Ion Coman

Ion Coman (born July 23, 1926 in Prunaru , Bujoreni , Teleorman district ) was a Romanian Colonel General and politician of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who was among other things Minister for from 1976 to 1980 National Defense, was a member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee (ZK) between 1979 and 1989 and also a member of the Central Committee Secretariat from 1980 and 1989.

Life

School and vocational training, functionary

Coman attended elementary school in Băduleşti between 1932 and 1936 and then worked as a worker in the Petrică Rădulescu shoe factory between October 1936 and October 1937 . He then worked from October 1937 to October 1941 as a clerk in several shops in Bucharest and between October 1941 and October 1945 as a factory worker. During this time he attended the vocational school in Bucharest from 1942 to 1946, where he trained as a wood turner. He then worked in this profession from October 1945 to July 1947.

In 1945 he became a member of both the Union of Young Communists UTCdR (Uniunea Tineretului Comunist din Romania) and the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) . Immediately afterwards, from 1945 to July 1947, he was also secretary of a party cell and president of the trade union committee at the Alexandru Hengaru factory in Bucharest. During this time he completed three-month courses in Marxism in 1946, 1947 and 1948 . In July 1947, until October 1948, he worked as an instructor at the metal and chemical workers' union and at the same time as the organizational secretary of the Union of Young Workers UTM (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitor) in the Bucharest district of Sector 3 .

Officer and staff officer

Coman did his military service with the 1st Cavalry Regiment in Arad between October 1948 and July 1949 and was promoted to sergeant-major in July 1949 after attending a one-month policy course in this regiment. He was then from July 1949 to September 14, 1951 instructor and then between July 14, 1951 and July 1954 head of the department for the Union of Workers' Youth in the Political Department of the Land Forces. During this time he was on 8 July 1950 to lieutenant , on August 20, 1951 Lieutenant , on March 13, 1952. Captain and already on September 30, 1952. Major transported.

After he had passed various exams at a natural science high school in 1954, Major Coman was initially an employee in the Political Department from July to August 1954 and head of the Organization Department at the Army Air Defense Units between August 1954 and July 30, 1955. In this position, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 23, 1954 . He was then head of the Political Department of Military Region 3 from July 30, 1955 to February 1958, and between 1956 and 1957 completed an evening course in Marxism-Leninism .

Subsequently, Coman, who had been promoted to colonel on April 13, 1957 , was a member of the Military Council of Military Region 3 between February 1958 and October 1959 and completed a general staff course at the Academia Militară Generală between October 1959 and October 1962 .

Promotion to Chief of General Staff

After completing the general staff course, he was from October 12, 1962 to June 17, 1963 head of the organizational department and deputy head of the main political administration of the land forces and was promoted to major general on December 27, 1962 in this position. He then served from June 17, 1963 to November 26, 1964 as First Deputy Chief of Staff and between June 1964 and June 14, 1965 as a member of the Supreme Political Council of the Armed Forces ( Forțelor Armate ) . He was then commander of the 3rd Army from November 26, 1964 to June 14, 1965.

On June 14, 1965, Major General Coman was Vice Minister for Defense and Secretary of the Supreme Political Council of the Armed Forces and held this post until April 19, 1973. In 1965, Coman became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time and represented in it In 1969 first the constituency of Nicoleşti , from 1969 to 1975 the constituency of Caracal , between 1975 and 1980 the constituency of Târgu Mureş , from 1980 to 1985 the constituency of Timișoara and most recently between 1985 and 1989 the constituency of Hunedoara-Est No. 3 .

At the ninth party congress of the PCR from July 19 to 24, 1965 , he became a member of the PCR Central Committee, to which he belonged until December 22, 1989. During this time he was promoted to lieutenant general on August 23, 1966 and was a member of the Council of State (Consiliului de Stat) between March 13, 1969 and July 9, 1976 . In addition, he was since March 8, 1971 member of the National Council of the Broadcasting Corporation (Radioteleviziunii Române) .

Coman was promoted to Colonel General on May 6, 1971 and served between April 19, 1973 and December 4, 1974 as head of the Central Committee's Department of Military and Judicial Affairs. On April 29, 1974 he became a member and 1975 secretary of the Defense Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Consiliul Apărării al Republicii Socialiste România) . He was also from December 4, 1974 as the successor to Gheorghe Ion until his replacement by Ion Hortopan on June 19, 1976 Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and in personal union First Deputy Minister for National Defense as well. In 1975 he also became a member of the Supreme Council for Notaries, a member of the Bureau of the Management Council in the Ministry of National Defense and a member of the Supreme Council for Economic and Social Development.

Defense Minister, Honors and Awards

Coman was on June 19, 1976 as successor to Ioan Ioniistră Minister of National Defense (Ministrul Apărării Naționale) and held this ministerial post until his replacement by Constantin Olteanu on March 29, 1980. At the same time he became a member of the Central Committee Commission for November 1976 Affairs of the party and state cadres and was since March 27, 1980 also a member of the office of this Central Committee Commission.

He became a member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee at the Twelfth Party Congress of the PCR from November 19 to 23, 1979 and was also a member of this party body until the Romanian Revolution on December 22, 1989 .

In addition, he became a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee on March 27, 1980 and also held this function until December 22, 1989. At the same time, he acted as chairman of the Defense Committee of the Grand National Assembly from April 1, 1980 to December 22, 1989.

Coman has received several awards for his longstanding services, including the Order of Third Class Labor (Ordinul Muncii) in 1948, the Second Class Labor Order in 1953, the Star of the People's Republic of Romania Third Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române) in 1959, and in 1959 Order of August 23, Fifth Class (Ordinul August 23) , 1964 Order of August 23, Fourth Class, 1966 Order of Tudor Vladimirescu Third Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , 1969 Order of August 23, First Class, 1981 the title Hero of the Socialist Work (Erou al Muncii Socialiste) and 1986 the star of the Socialist Republic of Romania First Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) . In addition, he was awarded the Military Merit Order (Meritul Militar) Third Class, Second Class and First Class. On October 21, 1975 he became a Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique .

literature

• Coman ion. 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. 168 f. ( PDF; 12.1 MB ).