First Stoica cabinet

The first Stoica cabinet was the government of Romania from October 4, 1955 to March 19, 1957.

First Stoica cabinet
98th Cabinet of Romania
Date formed	4 October 1955 (1955-10-04)
Date dissolved	19 March 1957 (1957-03-19)
People and organisations
President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly	Petru Groza
President of the Council of Ministers	Chivu Stoica (PCR)
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers	Emil Bodnăraș (PCR) Petre Borilă (PCR) Alexandru Drăghici (PCR) Miron Constantinescu (PCR)
No. of ministers	41
Total no. of members	48
Member party	PCR
Status in legislature	One-party state
History
Election	1952
Legislature term	2nd Great National Assembly
Predecessor	Gheorghiu-Dej II
Successor	Stoica II

Changes in the government

• January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was divided as follows: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry and Ministry of State Farming.

• January 10, 1956 - The Ministry of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry was reorganized, becoming the Ministry of Wood Industry.

• January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Health merged with the Ministry of Social Welfare to form the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

• January 21, 1957 - The Ministry of Collections was abolished.

• February 19, 1957 - The Ministry of Communal Households and Local Industry was abolished.

Composition

The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:^[1]

• President of the Council of Ministers:

• Chivu Stoica (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• First Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers:

• Emil Bodnăraș^[2] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Petre Borilă^[3][4] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Alexandru Drăghici^[5] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Miron Constantinescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers:

• Dumitru Petrescu (October 4, 1955 – May 26, 1956)
• Gheorghe Hossu [ro] (26 May 1956 – 19 March 1957)
• Simion Bughici^[6] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Alexandru Moghioroș (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Alexandru Bârlădeanu^[7][8] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)
• Ștefan Voitec^[9] (November 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of the Interior:

• Pavel Ștefan (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Foreign Affairs:

• Grigore Preoteasa (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Justice:

• Gheorghe Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of National Defense:

• Leontin Sălăjan^[10] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Finance:

• Manea Mănescu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of the Metallurgy and Machine Construction:

• Gherasim Popa [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Chemical Industry:

• Mihail Florescu [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of the Petroleum Industry:

• Ion Dumitru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Coal:

• Ioan Mineu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Electricity and Electrotechnical Industry:

• Gheorghe Cioară [ro] (October 4, 1955 – February 19, 1957)
• Nicolae Gheorghiu [ro] (19 February – 19 March 1957)

• Minister of Constructions:

• Gheorghe Hossu [ro] (4 October 1955 – 10 January 1956)
• Ștefan Bălan [ro] (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of the Construction Materials Industry:

• Carol Loncear [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Light Industry:

• Alexandru Sencovici [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Agriculture (from January 10, 1956 the ministry was reorganized as the Ministry of Agriculture):

• Constantin Popescu^[11] (October 4, 1955 – January 10, 1956)
• Gheorghe Hossu [ro] (January 10 – May 26, 1956)
• Marin Stancu (May 26, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Wood, Paper and Pulp Industry (the Ministry was reorganized on January 10, 1956 under the name of the Ministry of Wood Industry):

• Mihai Suder [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Food Industry:

• Constantin Teodoru (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of State Agricultural Households:

• Bucur Șchiopu [ro] (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of communal households and local industry (on February 19, 1957 the ministry was abolished):

• Anton Vlădoiu [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 23, 1956)
• Filip Geltz [ro] (March 23, 1956 – February 19, 1957)

• Minister of Forestry:

• Constantin Popescu (January 10, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Collections (on January 21, 1957, the ministry was abolished):

• Mihai Dalea [ro] (October 4, 1955 – May 11, 1956)
• Constantin Doncea^[12] (May 11, 1956 – January 21, 1957)

• Minister of Internal Trade:

• Ștefan Voitec^[13] (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956)

• Minister of Foreign Trade:

• Marcel Popescu (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956)
• Gheorghe (Gogu) Rădulescu (24 November 1956 – 19 March 1957)

• Minister of Railways:

• Ionel Diaconescu (October 4, 1955 – September 24, 1956)
• Ion Cosma (September 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Naval and Air Transport:

• Gheorghe D. Safer (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Posts and Telecommunications:

• Dumitru Simulescu [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Social Provisions (on January 21, 1957 the ministry was abolished):

• Octavian Berlogea [ro] (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957)

• Minister of Health (on January 21, 1957 merged with the Ministry of Social Provisions):

• Voinea Marinescu [ro] (October 4, 1955 – January 21, 1957)

• Minister of Health and Social Provisions:

• Voinea Marinescu [ro] (January 21 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Education:

• Ilie G. Murgulescu (October 4, 1955 – November 24, 1956)
• Miron Constantinescu (November 24, 1956 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Culture:

• Constanța Crăciun^[14] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• Minister of Religions:

• Petre Constantinescu-Iași^[15] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

Ministers Secretaries of State

• President of the State Planning Committee (with the rank of minister):

• Alexandru Bârlădeanu (October 4, 1955 – May 26, 1956)
• Gheorghe Gaston Marin (26 May 1956 – 19 March 1957)

• President of the State Control Commission (with the rank of minister):

• Dumitru Coliu (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

• President of the State Committee for Architecture and Systematization (with the rank of minister):

• Nicolae Bădescu [ro] (October 4, 1955 – March 19, 1957)

Source

• Stelian Neagoe - "History of Romanian governments from the beginning - 1859 to our days - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
• RompresArchived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine