Vasile Musat

Vasile Muşat (born March 15, 1926 in Călineşti , Argeş district ; † 1999 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian diplomat and politician of the Romanian Communist Party PMR (Partidul Muncitoresc Român) and from 1965 PCR (Partidul Comunist Român) , who among other things from 1965 Ambassador to Cuba until 1971 , Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCR between 1978 and 1979 and Ambassador to Mozambique and Lesotho from 1983 to 1990 .

Life

First Secretary of the Youth Union and Member of Parliament

After attending school, Muşat completed vocational training as a wood turner and joined the then Communist Party PCR (Partidul Comunist din România) as a member in June 1945 . In the following years he was active as a functionary in the Union of Young Working People UTM (Uniunea Tineretului Muncitor) , the youth organization of the party, and between March 21, 1949 and June 30, 1956 was a member of the secretariat of the UTM Central Committee from June 10 to August 22, 1952 as secretary and then between August 22, 1952 and August 1, 1954 as first secretary of the UTM Central Committee.

In 1952 he became a member of the Grand National Assembly (Marea Adunare Națională) for the first time and represented the Rahova constituency there until 1957 . He then completed a degree in political and economic sciences as well as a degree at the Academy for Social and Political Sciences " Ștefan Gheorghiu ".

In addition to working from 1961 to June 30, 1964 as Vice President of the Central Council of the Trade Unions, he was again a member of the Grand National Assembly from 1961 to 1965, in which he now represented the constituency of Borşa .

Ambassador and Central Committee Secretary

Then Muşat became ambassador to Cuba on March 20, 1965 and held this position for more than six years until May 18, 1971. After his return to Romania, he was first secretary from October 18, 1971 and then from October 15, 1974 to on February 34, 1977 First Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council in Argeș County. In the meantime, at the eleventh party congress of the PCR from November 24 to 27, 1974, he was elected a member of the PCR Central Committee and belonged to it until November 22, 1984.

In addition, he was again a member of the Grand National Assembly from 1975 to 1985 and represented in this first constituency No. 4 Bălceşti and then between 1980 and 1985 the constituency No. 4 Buftea . During his membership in parliament he also served as secretary of the Grand National Assembly from March 17, 1975 to March 29, 1980.

After finishing his work in Argeș County, he acted from February 8, 1977 to March 28, 1978 as general director of the state broadcasting company RTR ( Radioteleviziunea Română ) . On March 23, 1978, Mușat was secretary of the Central Committee and held this position until January 27, 1979. He then became First Secretary and President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council in Ilfov County , before becoming First Secretary between 1982 and August 18, 1983 Was President of the Executive Committee of the People's Council in Giurgiu County .

On August 18, 1983, Mușat was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mozambique and remained there until March 6, 1990. At the same time, he was also accredited as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho between June 28, 1984 and March 6, 1990 .

Web link

• Biography in Consiliul Național pentru Studiera Arhivelor Securității. Membrii CC al PCR 1945-1989. Dicționar , p. 413