Maria-Mia Groza (1918–2003), also known as Maria Groza or Mia Groza, was a Romanian economist, feminist and politician.

Life

Maria Groza was born on 1 September 1918,[1] in Déva, Austria-Hungary (now Deva, Romania).[2] She was the daughter of Petru Groza, prime minister of Romania from 1945 to 1952.[3] She was educated at a commercial school in Sibiu and the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.[1]

For several years she worked as personal secretary and English interpreter for her father, accompanying him on official visits abroad.[1]

From 1958 to 1964 Groza was Secretary of the National Council of Women, and from 1965 to 1975 she was the council's vice-president.[2] Between 1978 and 1987 she was Romania's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She also served as Vice Minister of Defence, and Romanian delegate to the UN General Assembly.[3]

She died in 2003,[3] aged 85. She is buried in Băcia, next to her parents.[1]

Works

  • Women in the contemporary life of Romania. Meridiane Publishing House, 1970.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Urmașii "burghezului roșu", Petru Groza". Aminitiri din Comunism (in Romanian). 7 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Groza, Maria (1918–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Raluca Maria Popa (2016). Francisca de Haan (ed.). ""We Opposed It": The National Council of Women and the Ban on Abortion in Romania (1966)" (PDF). Aspasia. 10: 152–160.
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