Constantin Popescu (1921–1999) was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n communist politician and forestry engineer. Between November 1952 to March 1957, he served in several cabinets under the

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state in which the totality of the power belongs to a party adhering to some form of Marxism–Leninism, a branch of the communist ideology. Marxism–Leninism was ...

. In particular, he was Minister of Forestry Management from November 1952 to January 1953 under

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian politician. He was the first Socialist Republic of Romania, Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ...

. In the next Gheorghiu-Dej cabinet, he held the same post from January to November 1953. Then, from May 1954 to October 1955, he was Forestry Agriculture Minister. Under

Chivu Stoica Chivu Stoica (the family name being Chivu; 8 August 1908 – 18 February 1975) was a leading Romanian Communist politician, who served as the 48th Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Early life Stoica was born in Smeeni, Buzău ...

, he was Forestry Agriculture Minister from October 1955 to January 1956. Finally, he was Forestry Management Minister from January 1956 to March 1957.Ion Alexandrescu, ''Enciclopedia de istorie a României'', vol. 2, pp. 121-23. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2000.

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