First Maurer cabinet

First Maurer cabinet
First Maurer cabinet
; 100th Cabinet of Romania
Date formed	21 March 1961
Date dissolved	17 March 1965
People and organisations
President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
President of the Council of Ministers	Ion Gheorghe Maurer (PCR)
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers	Gheorghe Apostol (PCR)
No. of ministers	41
Total no. of members	55
Member parties	PCR
Status in legislature	Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania
History
Election	1961
Legislature term	4th Great National Assembly
Predecessor	Stoica II
Successor	Maurer II

The First Maurer cabinet was the government of Romania from March 21, 1961 to March 17, 1965.

Changes in the government

February 27, 1962 - The Ministry of Construction Industry was established.
April 30, 1962 - The Ministry of Commerce was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Internal Commerce and the Ministry of External Commerce.
May 31, 1962 - The Ministry of Agriculture was abolished, and the Superior Council of Agriculture was established.
June 9, 1962 - The Ministry of Education and Culture was reorganized, creating the Ministry of Education and the State Committee for Culture and Arts.
October 31, 1963 - The Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Construction was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction.

Composition

Presidents of the Council of Ministers

Ion Gheorghe Maurer (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers

First Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Gheorghe Apostol (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Emil Bodnăraș^[1] (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Petre Borilă^[2]^[3] (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Alexandru Drăghici (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Alexandru Moghioroș (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Alexandru Bârlădeanu^[4]^[5] (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Gheorghe Gaston Marin (September 29, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Gheorghe Rădulescu (October 31, 1963 - March 17, 1965)

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Constantin Tuzu (October 31, 1963 - March 17, 1965)

Ministers

Minister of the Interior

Alexandru Drăghici^[6] (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Corneliu Mănescu (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Justice

Ioan Constant Manoliu (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of National Defence

Leontin Sălăjan^[7] (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Finance

Aurel Vijoli (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Metallurgy and Machine Construction (on October 31, 1963, the ministry was reorganized, establishing the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the Ministry of Machine Construction)

Constantin Tuzu (March 21, 1961 - October 31, 1963)

Minister of Metallurgical Industry

Ion Marinescu (October 31, 1963 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Machine Construction

Gheorghe Rădoi (October 31, 1963 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Mines and Electric Power

Bujor Almășan (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Petroleum and Chemical Industry

Mihail Florescu (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Construction Industry

Dumitru Mosora (February 27, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Light Industry

Alexandru Sencovici (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Agriculture

Ion Cosma (March 21, 1961 - April 30, 1962)

Dumitru Diaconescu (April 30 - May 31, 1962)

President of the Superior Council of Agriculture (with ministerial rank)

Mihai Dalea (May 31, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Food Industry

Janos Fazekas (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Forestry Economics

Mihai Suder (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Commerce (on April 30, 1962, the ministry was divided into the Ministry of External Commerce and the Ministry of Internal Commerce)

Gheorghe Rădulescu (March 21, 1961 - April 30, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of External Commerce

Gheorghe Rădulescu^[8] (April 30, 1962 - October 31, 1963)

Victor Ionescu (October 31, 1963 - December 22, 1964)

Mihail Petri (December 22, 1964 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Internal Commerce

Mihail Levente (April 30, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Transport and Telecommunications

Dumitru Simulescu (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Health and Social Provisions

Voinea Marinescu (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Minister of Education (from June 9, 1962, only Minister of Education)

Ilie G. Murgulescu (March 21, 1961 - April 16, 1963)

Ștefan Bălan (April 16, 1963 - March 17, 1965)

Minister Secretaries of State

President of the State Committee for Culture and Arts (with ministerial rank)

Constanța Crăciun^[9] (June 9, 1962 - March 17, 1965)

President of the State Planning Committee (with ministerial rank)

Gheorghe Gaston Marin (March 21, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

President of the Committee for Local Administration Issues (with ministerial rank)

Mihai Gere (December 10, 1961 - March 17, 1965)

Sources

(in Romanian) Final Report of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
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Horia Dumitrescu, "Ștefan Voitec și Țara Vrancei", in Cronica Vrancei, Vol. I, 2000, pp. 313–330.
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