Corneliu Mănescu
| Corneliu Mănescu | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |
| In office March 20, 1961 – August 20, 1965 |
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| President | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
| Preceded by | Avram Bunaciu |
| Succeeded by | George Macovescu |
| In office August 21, 1965 – October 18, 1972 |
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| President | Nicolae Ceauşescu |
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| Born | February 8, 1916 Ploieşti, Romania |
| Died | 26 June 2000 (aged 84) Bucharest, Romania |
Corneliu Mănescu (February 8, 1916 – June 26, 2000) was a Romanian diplomat born in Ploieşti. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1961 to 1972 and as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1967 to 1968.
[edit] Life and political career
After completing his secondary studies in Ploieşti, Mănescu went on to study Law and Economics at the University of Bucharest from 1936 to 1940. He joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1936.
In 1960, Mănescu became Director of the Political Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1960 to 1961, he served as Ambassador to Hungary. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in March 1961. Mănescu was the first communist to be president of the UN General Assembly.[1]
In 1989, he became the leader of the reformist movement within the Romanian Communist Party. In March 1989, together with five other Communist dignitaries (Gheorghe Apostol, Alexandru Bârlădeanu, Silviu Brucan, Constantin Pîrvulescu, and Grigore Răceanu), he signed the open letter known as Scrisoarea celor şase—"The Letter of the Six". After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he was part of the interim council that administered Romania in 1990 from the overthrow of the Nicolae Ceauşescu government until elections could be held.
Mănescu married Dana Dobrescu in 1950. They had a daughter. He died in a hospital on June 26, 2000 in Bucharest, Romania.
[edit] References
- ^ "Key ministries. Key Ministries". http://rulers.org/romgov.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
[edit] External links
- Short bio, at un.org
- Gabriel Partos, "Obituary: Corneliu Mănescu", The Independent, June 30, 2000
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| Preceded by Abdul Rahman Pazhwak |
President of the United Nations General Assembly 1967–1968 |
Succeeded by Emilio Arenales Catalán |
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