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.
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, he became Director of the Political Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1960 to 1961, he served as Ambassador to Hungary. He was named Minister of Foreign Affairs in March 1961. Mănescu 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. 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 council that administered Romania in 1990 from the overthrow of the Nicolae Ceauşescu government until elections could be held.
Mănescu married the former Dana Dobrescu in 1950. They had a daughter. He died in a hospital in Bucharest, Romania.
[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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