Simion Bughici
| Simion Bughici | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |
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In office July 10, 1952 – October 3, 1955 |
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| President | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
| Preceded by | Ana Pauker |
| Succeeded by | Grigore Preoteasa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1914 Iași |
| Died | February 1, 1997 (aged 82) Bucharest |
Simion Bughici (b. Simon David, December 14, 1914 – February 1, 1997) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania.
Bughici was born in Iași to a Jewish family of klezmer musicians; his father and two brothers perished during the June 1941 Iași pogrom. He joined the banned Communist Party of Romania in 1933. During World War II, Bughici was imprisoned at Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. He served as an Ambassador of Romania to Soviet Union in 1949–1952. In July 1952, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, replacing Ana Pauker, who was sacked by the communist leadership aided by Joseph Stalin. The appointment of Bughici disassociated Pauker's downfall from the anti-Semitism widely seen in Eastern Europe at the time. Bughici served as minister until October 1955. During his political career, he also served as the Vice Prime Minister of Romania.
Other offices that he held were that of head of Centrocoop, Minister of the Food Industry and vicepresident of the Communist Party Control Commission (Colegiul Central de Partid) (1969-1974).
He was married to Ana Friedman, a history teacher and school principal.
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