Petru Groza (December 7 1884 – January 7 1958) was a Romanian politician best known as the Prime Minister of the first Communist Party-dominated governments under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Communist regime in Romania.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.
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active years end date
1952-06-02, 1958-01-07
active years start date
1945-03-06, 1952-06-12
birth date
1884-12-07
birth place
Romania, Kingdom of Romania, Băcia
death date
1958-01-07
death place
Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest
monarch
Michael I of Romania
nationality
Romania
order in office
Prime Minister of Romania, President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
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