The final result, substantially different from the original territorial organisation prior to 1950, comprised 39 counties, the Bucharest municipality, 236 cities and towns, of which 47 municipalities and 2,706 communes having 13,149 villages.
Romania | Czech Republic | People's Republic of China | Republic of Ireland | English people | French people | Dominican Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Filipino people | British people | Irish people | Scottish people | Romani people | Republic of Venice | Republic of Macedonia | Mexican people | Japanese people | German people | Brazilian people | Italian people | Portuguese people | Dutch people | Turkish people | Welsh people | Roman Republic | Pashtun people | Palestinian people | Spanish people | Tamil people |
A native of Penglai county, Shandong, Meng had previous provincial-level leadership experience as Mayor of Beijing, until he was dramatically sacked for his failure to control and conceal the SARS epidemic.