Florea Dumitrescu

Florea Dumitrescu (April 4, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was a Romanian economist and diplomat. Dumitrescu held the positions of Minister of Finance of Romania from 1969 to 1978 and Governor of the National Bank of Romania from 1984 until 1989 under President Nicolae Ceaușescu during the country's Communist era.^[1] He served as Ambassador of Romania to China from 1978 to 1983.^[1]

Florea Dumitrescu
Governor of the National Bank of Romania
In office March 17, 1984 – March 17, 1989
Preceded by	Vasile Răuță
Succeeded by	Decebal Urdea
Ambassador of Romania to China
In office July 6, 1978 – April 15, 1983
Preceded by	Nicolae Gavrilescu
Succeeded by	Angelo Miculescu [ro]
Ambassador of Romania to Burma
In office May 7, 1979 – Mar 9, 1987
Minister of Finance of Romania
In office August 19, 1969 – March 7, 1978
Preceded by	Virgil Pârvu
Succeeded by	Paul Niculescu-Mizil
Personal details
Born	(1927-04-04)April 4, 1927 Necșești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	April 16, 2018(2018-04-16) (aged 91) Bucharest, Romania
Political party	Romanian Communist Party
Alma mater	Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

In parallel, he also served as Ambassador of Romania to Myanmar from 1979 to 1987.^[1]

Dumitrescu, the son of farmers, wanted to become an economist and financier to escape the rural poverty in which he was raised.^[1] He graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1949.^[1]

He was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Romania from 1984 until his dismissal by Ceaușescu in March 1989.^[1]

Dumitrescu died at his home in Bucharest on April 16, 2018, at the age of 91.^[1]