Corneliu Mănescu
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Corneliu Mănescu (8 February 1916 - June 26, 2000) was a Romanian diplomat born in Ploieşti. He served as foreign minister of Romania from 1961 to 1972 and as president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1967 to 1968. He was the first communist to be president of the UN General Assembly. In 1989, he became a leader of the reformist movement within the Romanian Communist Party, and was part of the council that administered Romania in 1990 from the overthrow of the Nicolae Ceauşescu government until elections could be held. He died in a hospital in Bucharest, Romania.
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| Preceded by: Abdul Rahman Pazhwak |
President of the United Nations General Assembly 1967–1968 |
Succeeded by: Emilio Arenales Catalan |
