The third cabinet of Ion Antonescu was the government of Romania from 27 January 1941 to 23 August 1944. On 22 June 1941, Romania entered World War II on the side of the Axis powers and invaded the Soviet Union.
Ministers edit
The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:[1]
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- Gen. Ion Antonescu (27 January 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Vice President of the Council of Ministers:
- Mihai A. Antonescu (21 June 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of State Secretary:
- Mihai A. Antonescu (27 January – 21 June 1941)
- Minister of State Secretary and Propaganda:
- Nichifor Crainic (27 January – 1 April 1941)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs:
- (interim) Gen. Ion Antonescu (27 January – 29 June 1941)
- Mihai A. Antonescu (29 June 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of the Interior:
- Gen. Dumitru I. Popescu (27 January 1941 - 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Justice:
- Gheorghe Docan (27 January – 15 February 1941)
- Constantin C. Stoicescu (15 February 1941 – 14 August 1942)
- Ion C. Marinescu (14 August 1942 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of National Defence:
- Gen. Iosif Iacobici (27 January – 22 September 1941)
- (interim) Marshal Ion Antonescu (22 September 1941 – 22 January 1942)
- Gen. Constantin Pantazi (22 January 1942 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of National Economy:
- Gen. Gheorghe Potopeanu (27 January – 26 May 1941)
- Ion C. Marinescu (26 May 1941 – 14 August 1942)
- Ion I. Fințescu (14 August 1942 – 19 February 1943)
- (interim) Gen. Gheorghe Dobre (19 February 1943 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Finance:[2]
- Gen. Nicolae Scarlat Stoenescu (27 January 1941 – 8 April 1942)
- Ion C. Marinescu (8 April 1942 – 25 September 1942)
- Alexandru D. Neagu (25 September 1942 – 1 April 1944)
- Gheron Netta (1 April – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Agriculture and Property
- Gen. Ion Sichitiu (27 January 1941 – 19 March 1942)
- Aurelian Pană (19 March 1942 – 3 July 1943)
- Ion Marian (3 July 1943 – 24 April 1944)
- Petre Nemoianu (24 April – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Public Works and Communications:
- Gen. Grigore Georgescu (27 January – 9 July 1941)
- Constantin Bușilă (9 July 1941 – 5 August 1943)
- Constantin Al. Constantinescu (6 October 1943 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of War Production:
- Gen. Gheorghe Dobre (16 September 1942 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Labour, Health and Social Security:
- Petre Tomescu (27 January 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of National Education, Religious Affairs and the Arts:[3]
- Gen. Radu R. Rosetti (27 January – 11 November 1941)
- (interim) Mareșal Ion Antonescu (11 November – 5 December 1941)
- Ion Petrovici (5 December 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Propaganda:
- Nichifor Crainic (1 April – 26 May 1941)
- (interim) Mihai A. Antonescu (26 May 1941 – 23 August 1944)
- Minister of Coordination and Economic Status:
- Lt. Col. Nicolae Dragomir (27 January – 3 April 1941)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Stelian Neagoe - "Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
- ^ "Album miniștri de finanțe 1859–2020". mfinante.gov.ro (in Romanian). Ministry of Public Finance (Romania). Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ From 15 February 1941 called the Ministry of Instruction, Education, Religious Affairs and the Arts, and From 1 June 1941, called the Ministry of National Culture and Religious Affairs.