Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy for Socio-Political Education in Relation to the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party) was a university created and used by the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) for training its cadres for executive and agitprop-related functions.
Its first leaders were rector Barbu Lăzăreanu, a literature professor, and secretary Constantin Ionescu-Gulian, a Stalinist philosopher.
The name Ștefan Gheorghiu was added on February 10, 1946, in memory of an early 20th-century Romanian social-democrat.
A. Jdanov Upper School of Social Sciences), was created separately; the two eventually merged.
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