Stan Ghițescu (2 June 1881 – 25 February 1952) was a Romanian politician.

Stan Ghițescu
Minister of Labour
In office
4 July 1940 – 4 September 1940
Prime MinisterIon Gigurtu
Preceded byMihai Ralea
In office
4 September 1940 – 14 September 1940
Prime MinisterIon Antonescu
Succeeded byVasile Iașinschi
Personal details
Born(1881-06-02)2 June 1881
Mârzănești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania
Died25 February 1952(1952-02-25) (aged 70)
Sighet Prison, Romanian People's Republic
Political partyPeople's Party
National Agrarian Party
National Christian Party
National Renaissance Front
OccupationPolitician

Born in Mârzănești, Teleorman County,[1] he attended a normal school and entered Alexandru Averescu's People's Party.[2] He served as mayor of Roșiorii de Vede from 1920 to 1921.[3] In 1926, he was elected vice president of the Assembly of Deputies. He later joined Octavian Goga's National Agrarian Party, which subsequently merged with the National-Christian Defense League to form the National Christian Party. He became general secretary of the new party, and while Goga was Prime Minister from December 1937 to March 1938, served as Minister of Cooperation. He took part in the 1938 formation of the National Renaissance Front, the sole party under King Carol II.[2] He served as Minister of Labor in two cabinets during the summer of 1940: under Ion Gigurtu from 4 July to 4 September,[4][1] and under Ion Antonescu from 4 to 14 September until the establishment of the National Legionary State.[5] Arrested under the new communist regime, he was sent to Sighet Prison in May 1950, and died there nearly two years later. He was buried in a mass grave.[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Cicerone Ionițoiu, "Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar G"
  2. ^ a b Costin Scorpan, Istoria României: enciclopedie, p. 261. Bucharest: Editura Nemira, 1997. ISBN 978-973-5691-80-6
  3. ^ (in Romanian) Primarii municipiului Roșiorii de Vede at the Roșiorii de Vede City Hall site
  4. ^ Neagoe, p. 135
  5. ^ Neagoe, p. 137

References edit

  • Stelian Neagoe, Istoria guvernelor României. Bucharest: Editura Machiavelli, 1999. ISBN 978-973-9659-97-0

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