Chivu Stoica

Chivu Stoica
President of the State Council
In office 24 March 1965 – 9 December 1967
Prime Minister	Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Preceded by	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Succeeded by	Nicolae Ceaușescu
President of the Council of Ministers
In office 21 October 1955 – 21 March 1961
President	Petru Groza Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Deputy	Emil Bodnăraș
Preceded by	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Succeeded by	Ion Gheorghe Maurer
First Vice President of the Council of Ministers
In office 20 August 1954 – 4 October 1955
Prime Minister	Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Succeeded by	Emil Bodnăraș
Minister of Industry[a]
In office 15 April 1948 – 31 May 1952
Prime Minister	Petru Groza
Succeeded by	Carol Loncear [ro]
Personal details
Born	(1908-08-08)8 August 1908 Smeeni, Buzău County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	18 February 1975(1975-02-18) (aged 66) Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Cause of death	Suicide by firearm
Political party	Romanian Communist Party
Spouses	Ecaterina Micu-Chivu ​ ​ (divorced)​ Maria Manolescu-Chivu ​ ​ (before 1975)​
Children	2
Occupation	Boilermaker
Awards	Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Officer rank Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic, 1st class Order of Labor [ro], 1st class August 23 Order [ro], 1st class Tudor Vladimirescu Order [de], 1st class Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania
a. ^ Minister of Metallurgy and Chemical Industries from 23 November 1949

Chivu Stoica (the family name being Chivu;^[1][2] 8 August 1908 – 18 February 1975) was a leading Romanian Communist politician, who served as 48th Prime Minister of Romania.