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Petru Groza

1884 - 1958

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Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was a Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Communist regime in Romania, and later as the President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly (nominal head of state of Romania) from 1952 until his death in 1958. Groza emerged as a public figure at the end of World War I as a notable member of the Romanian National Party (PNR), preeminent layman of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and then member of the Directory Council of Transylvania. In 1925–26 he served as Minister of State in the cabinet of Marshal Alexandru Averescu. In 1933, Groza founded a left-wing Agrarian organization known as the Ploughmen's Front (Frontul Plugarilor). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petru Groza is the 4,560th most popular politician (down from 3,999th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Romania (down from 70th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Romanian Politician.

Petru Groza was a Romanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from 1945 to 1952 and again from 1955 to 1958. He is most famous for implementing a series of reforms that were meant to modernize the country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Petru Groza ranks 4,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Uda, Hasdrubal the Fair, Francesco Foscari, Gérard Genette, Rudolf Schuster, and Ivanoe Bonomi. After him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Robert de Craon, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Taejodae of Goguryeo, and Prince Álmos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Petru Groza ranks 41. Before him are Max Beckmann, Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Étienne Gilson, and Antonín Zápotocký. After him are Hugo Gernsback, Robert J. Flaherty, Eugène Tisserant, Maria Spiridonova, Zinaida Serebriakova, and Louis B. Mayer. Among people deceased in 1958, Petru Groza ranks 32. Before him are Kim Tu-bong, Edna Purviance, André Bazin, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Ernst Heinkel, and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. After him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pál Maléter, and 'Abd al-Ilah.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Petru Groza ranks 81 out of 844. Before him are Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Orban (1404), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), David Wechsler (1896), and Stephen Bocskai (1557). After him are Artur Phleps (1881), Dinu Lipatti (1917), Peter Mogila (1596), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), and Fritz Klein (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Petru Groza ranks 38. Before him are Ana Pauker (1893), Sigismund Báthory (1572), György Dózsa (1470), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), and Stephen Bocskai (1557). After him are Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Nicolae Iorga (1871), László Tőkés (1952), and Pertevniyal Sultan (1812).

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