Ion Stoian

Ion Stoian (born November 28, 1927 in Telega , Prahova district ) is a Romanian diplomat and politician of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 of the PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who among other things was ambassador to the Socialist People's Republic of Albania and in 1989 the last Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Romania .

Life

Party official and ambassador to Albania

Ion Stoian originally worked as a lathe operator and in 1945 joined the Romanian Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) as a member. He attended the Labor Faculty between 1949 and 1951 and graduated from the Institute for International Relations in 1955. He then graduated from 1955 to 1959 with a degree in economics from the Academy for Social and Political Sciences " Ștefan Gheorghiu " , where he earned a doctorate in economics in 1959. Subsequently, he became a member of the apparatus of the Romanian Workers' Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and was there successively instruction, head of a section and deputy head of the Central Committee department for propaganda. At the Ninth Party Congress of the PCR (July 19 to 24, 1965) he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the PCR and held this position until August 12, 1969. He then acted between November 2, 1965 and 1968 as head of the Central Committee's department for literature and art, and from 1968 to 1971 as rector of the Academy for Social and Political Sciences "„tefan Gheorghiu" .

On December 13, 1971 Stoian was Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and has held this position until May 30, 1978. Upon his return to the Central Committee Department of Organization and acted then he was first deputy director on 10 July 1978 between on April 7, 1979 and March 28, 1983 as First Secretary of the Party Committee in Constanța County and in personal union as President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council of Constanța County. At the Twelfth Party Congress of the PCR (November 19 to 23, 1979) he became a member of the PCR Central Committee and at the same time a candidate of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee and was a member of these bodies until Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown in the course of the Romanian Revolution on December 22, 1989 on.

Deputy, Central Committee Secretary and Foreign Minister

Ion Stoian also became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) in 1980 , where he initially represented constituency no. 3 Constanța Nord-Est and most recently between 1985 and December 22, 1989 constituency no. Petru Groza . During his membership in parliament between March 1980 and March 1985 he was Secretary of the Grand National Assembly. Between March 28, 1983 and November 22, 1985 he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and International Economic Cooperation. On March 21, 1984, he was also confirmed as Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCR and at the thirteenth party conference of the PCR (November 19 to 22, 1984) in this position, which he held until November 3, 1989.

Most recently he was Ioan Totu's successor in the Dăscălescu II cabinet on November 4, 1989 and was the last foreign minister of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Ministrul de external) until December 22, 1989 . He has received several awards for his many years of service, including the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania Second Class (Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România) , the Order of Tudor Vladimirescu Second Class (Ordinul Tudor Vladimirescu) , the Order of Labor Third Class (Ordinul Muncii) and the Order for Cultural Merit, Second Class (Ordinul "Meritul Cultural") .

Web links

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , p. 548

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Partidul Comunist Român: Twelfth Party Congress of the PCR (November 19 to 23, 1979)
2. ↑ Partidul Comunist Român: Thirteenth Party Congress of the PCR (November 19-22, 1984)
3. ^ Cabinet Dăscălescu II
4. ^ Romania: Key Ministries