Florea Dumitrescu

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Florea Dumitrescu
Governor of the National Bank of Romania
In office
March 17, 1984 – March 17, 1989
Preceded byVasile Răuță
Succeeded byDecebal Urdea
Ambassador of Romania to China
In office
July 6, 1978 – April 15, 1983
Preceded byNicolae Gavrilescu
Succeeded byAngelo 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 byVirgil Pârvu
Succeeded byPaul Niculescu-Mizil
Personal details
Born(1927-04-04)April 4, 1927
Necșești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania
DiedApril 16, 2018(2018-04-16) (aged 91)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyRomanian Communist Party
Alma materBucharest Academy of Economic Studies

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]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Fostul ministru Florea Dumitrescu a murit la 91 de ani". Libertatea. 2018-04-16. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-05-10.