Ion Pățan

Ion Pățan (born December 1, 1926 in Daia Română , Alba district ) is a former Romanian politician of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who was a member of the Political Executive Committee between 1974 and 1987 of the Central Committee (ZK) of the PCR. He also held numerous ministerial offices and was First Deputy Prime Minister from 1975 to 1982 and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia between 1987 and 1989 .

Life

Degree, ministerial official and party official

Pățan completed after attending school from 1945 to 1948 a professional training as an accountant at the vocational school in Alba Iulia and in 1948 a non-university course at the commercial academy in Brașov . He then worked from 1948 to 1951, first as an accountant and then from 1951 to 1952 as head of accounting at the " Simion Bărnuțiu " factory in Sebeş . In 1952 he moved to the Ministry of Light Industry, where between 1952 and 1956 he was successively cabinet director, advisor, general inspector and finally head of the control body.

In 1953 Pățan became a member of the People's Council of Bucharest and in 1955 joined the PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) workers' party . Between 1956 and 1962 he acted as Director General for Planned Economy of the Ministry for the Consumer Goods Industry and was also a member of the local party committee. He was also a member and president of the Permanent Planning and Finance Commission of the Executive Committee of the People's Council of Bucharest. Subsequently, he was initially between April 24, 1962 and March 10, 1964 Secretary General of the Ministry of Light Industry and from March 10, 1964 to June 25, 1965 Vice Minister for Light Industry.

At the Ninth Party Congress of the PCR from July 19 to 24, 1965 , Pățan was a candidate for the Central Committee. During this time he was head of the Central Committee's department for planned economy between 1965 and 1967 and then until March 29, 1968 Vice-President of the Economic Council.

Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Ambassador

On March 29, 1968 Pățan became Minister of Internal Trade (Ministrul Comerțului Interior) and held this office until March 13, 1969. He then acted from March 13, 1969 to March 16, 1975 as Vice President of the Council of Ministers (Vicepreședinte al Consiliului de Miniștri) . At the Central Committee plenum on August 12, 1969, he also became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR, to which he belonged until October 1, 1987. In addition, he was from February 28, 1972 to April 18, 1974 Minister for Foreign Trade (Ministrul Comerțului Exterior) .

Pățan became a candidate of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee at the Central Committee plenum on July 21, 1972. In addition, he was from April 1, 1974 Vice-President of the Executive Office of the Council of Ministers and also between April 18, 1974 and March 7, 1978 Minister of Foreign Trade and International Economic Cooperation (Ministrul Comerțului Exterior și Cooperării Economice Internaționale) . At the Eleventh Party Congress of the PCR from November 24 to 27, 1974 , he became a member of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the PCR and was a member of this body until October 1, 1987.

On March 18, 1975 Pățan became First Deputy Prime Minister (Viceprim-Ministru al Guvernului) and held this government office until May 21, 1982. In 1975 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time and initially represented the constituency there until 1980 Oltenița , then between 1980 and 1985 the constituency Reșița and most recently from 1985 to December 22, 1989 the constituency Fălticeni .

Between March 7, 1978 and January 30, 1982, he was also Minister for Technical and Material Supply and Material Control Administration (Ministrul Aprovizionării Tehnico-Materiale și Controlului Gospodăririi Fondurilor Fixe) and from 1978 to June 16, 1979, Romania's representative Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon). On July 20, 1979, he took over the role of Vice President of the Party and State Commission for Problems in Typing and Standardizing the Economy. He was from June 30, 1984 to May 7, 1986 Minister of Light Industry (Ministrul Industriei Uşoare) and then between June 19, 1986 and September 14, 1987 President of the State Committee for Awards.

Pățan became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia on October 1, 1987, and remained in this diplomatic post until March 26, 1989.

After his return, he succeeded Gheorghe Paraschiv as Minister of Finance (Ministrul Finanțelor) on March 28, 1989, and held this ministerial office after the revolution in December 1989 until he was replaced by Theodor Stolojan on June 28, 1990.

honors and awards

For his many years of service, Pățan has received several awards, including the Order of August 23, First Class (Ordinul August 23) in 1976 and the Order of Labor First Class (Ordinul Muncii) in 1981 .

literature

• Szasz Iosif. 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. 458 ( PDF; 12.1 MB ).