Ion C. Marinescu | |
|---|---|
| Minister of National Economy | |
| In office 26 May 1941 – 14 August 1942 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Antonescu |
| Preceded by | Gheorghe Potopeanu [ro] |
| Succeeded by | Ion I. Fințescu [ro] |
| 70th Minister of Finance | |
| In office 8 April 1942 – 25 September 1942 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Antonescu |
| Preceded by | Nicolae Scarlat Stoenescu [ro] |
| Succeeded by | Alexandru D. Neagu [ro] |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 14 August 1942 – 23 August 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Antonescu |
| Preceded by | Constantin C. Stoicescu [ro] |
| Succeeded by | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1886-11-10)November 10, 1886 |
| Died | January 10, 1956(1956-01-10) (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Occupation | Lawyer, industrialist |
| Awards | Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Cross class |
Ion C. Marinescu (November 10, 1886 – January 15, 1956) was aRomanian lawyer, politician and industrialist.
Born inBucharest,[1] Marinescu graduated from the law faculty at theUniversity of Bucharest. He was vice president of theGeneral Union of Industrialists in Romania [ro][1] and headed the Concordia petroleum company. In 1922 he commissioned architectPaul Smărăndescu [ro] to design and build an apartment building with two floors and a mansard roof on Tudor Arghezi Street, in Bucharest.[2]
Marinescu was Minister of National Economy underIon Antonescu from May 26, 1941, to August 14, 1942, and also served asMinister of Finance from April 8 to September 25, 1942.[1] On August 14, 1942, he became Minister of Justice, serving in that position untilKing Michael's Coup of August 23, 1944. Arrested in October, he was charged with contributing to Romania's attack on theSoviet Union via his submissive policy towardsNazi Germany. Tried during thePost-World War II Romanian war crime trials, he was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor on May 17, 1946.[1] He spent time at the prisons inJilava andAiud, where he died nearly a decade later.[3]
In November 1941, Marinescu was awarded theOrder of the Crown of Romania, Grand Cross class.[4]