Radu Vasile | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 17 April 1998 – 13 December 1999 | |
| President | Emil Constantinescu |
| Preceded by | Gavril Dejeu(Acting) Victor Ciorbea |
| Succeeded by | Alexandru Athanasiu(Acting) Mugur Isărescu |
| Secretary general of theChristian Democratic National Peasants' Party | |
| In office January 1996 – April 1998 | |
| Member of theSenate of Romania | |
| In office 16 October 1992 – 12 December 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-10-10)10 October 1942 |
| Died | 3 July 2013(2013-07-03) (aged 70) Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party(1989–2000) Democratic Party(2000–2007) Democratic Liberal Party(2007–2013) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies |
| Profession | Professor of Economics at theBucharest Academy of Economic Studies |
Radu Vasile (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈraduvaˈsile]; 10 October 1942 – 3 July 2013) was a Romanian politician, historian, academic/professor, and poet.[1]
Originally a member of theChristian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD), Vasile served as thePrime Minister of Romania between 17 April 1998 and 13 December 1999, and was notably confronted with the lastMineriad (more specifically theFebruary 1999 Mineriad). Subsequently, between 2000 and 2004, he was elected as aSenator on behalf theDemocratic Party (PD). In addition to his political career, Vasile published poetry under thepen nameRadu Mischiu.
Vasile was born inSibiu in 1942, and was raised in theRoman Catholic faith.[2] In 1967, he graduated from the Faculty of History at theUniversity of Bucharest. For political reasons (his father having been a political prisoner, a lawyer, deceased in 1986), he was barred access to higher education immediately after graduating school.[citation needed] In 1971, he became a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Economic History at theBucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE). In 1977, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the same institution of higher education and in 1978 he became a lecturer at this institution.
After theRomanian Revolution of 1989, Vasile was elected (with student support)[citation needed] Vice Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at ASE, a position he held until 1992. After 1990, he took refresher studies in European Integration atThessaloniki,Greece andMunich,Germany. In 1994, he became a professor at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences (ASE).
He died of colon cancer inBucharest in 2013, and was buried at the city'sBellu Cemetery.[3]
He became a member of theChristian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) in January 1990. On the party line, Radu Vasile gradually advanced as follows: head of department (Studies Department), alternate member of BCCC after theChristian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) congress in September 1991, spokesman since 1991, senator from Bacău since 1992, Secretary General after the Congress from 1996. Between 1993 and 1994, he was the director of the newspaper "Dreptatea".
Since 1993, he has been vice-president of theSenate of Romania and vice-president of the Senatorial Budget-Finance Commission (commission for budget, finance, banking and capital market). In the 1996–2000 legislature, Radu Vasile was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with the Russian Federation and the State of Israel. In the 2000–2004 legislature, Radu Vasile was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with UNESCO and the Lebanese Republic. Radu Vasile initiated 2 legislative proposals, of which 1 was enacted law.
In terms of foreign policy, Radu Vasile also had an important activity, being a founding member of the Central European Forum, along withRaymond Barre (former Prime Minister of France),Helmut Schmidt (former Chancellor of Germany), and others.
He lectured on Romanian history at the "Doctoral Schools" at the Sorbonne and gave over 50 scientific papers at academic sessions in the country and abroad.
Radu Vasile was a senator in the 1992–1996, 1996–2000, and 2000–2004 legislatures, last time elected on the lists of theDemocratic Party (PD); he was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups withLebanon andUNESCO. As Prime Minister, he was confronted with theMineriad of February 1999 which his government solved (along with formerPresidentEmil Constantinescu) by the so-calledPeace of Cozia.
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| Preceded by Gavril Dejeu Acting | Prime Minister of Romania 1998–1999 | Succeeded by Alexandru Athanasiu Acting |
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