Radu Vasile
| Radu Vasile | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
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In office 17 April 1998 – 13 December 1999 |
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| President | Emil Constantinescu |
| Preceded by | Gavril Dejeu (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Alexandru Athanasiu (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 October 1942 Sibiu, Romania |
| Died | 3 July 2013 (aged 70) Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | Democratic Liberal Party (2000–2013) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Peasants' Party (Before 1989) Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (1989–2000) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Radu Vasile (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈradu vaˈsile]; 10 October 1942 – 3 July 2013) was a Romanian politician, historian and poet.
Originally a member of the National Peasants' Party, Vasile served as the Prime Minister of Romania between April 17, 1998, and December 13, 1999, and was notably confronted with the last Mineriad (February 1999). Between 2000 and 2004, he was a Senator from the Democratic Party (PD). Vasile published poetry under the pen name Radu Mischiu.
Vasile was born in Sibiu. In 1967, he graduated from the Faculty of History, University 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.. In 1971 he became a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Economic History at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.
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