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Radu Vasile

1942 - 2013

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Radu Vasile (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈradu vaˈsile]; 10 October 1942 – 3 July 2013) was a Romanian politician, historian, academic/professor, and poet. Originally a member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD), Vasile served as the Prime Minister of Romania between 17 April 1998 and 13 December 1999, and was notably confronted with the last Mineriad (more specifically the February 1999 Mineriad). Subsequently, between 2000 and 2004, he was elected as a Senator on behalf the Democratic Party (PD). In addition to his political career, Vasile published poetry under the pen name Radu Mischiu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radu Vasile is the 11,096th most popular politician (down from 10,805th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Romania (down from 220th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Radu Vasile ranks 11,096 out of 19,576Before him are Alcetas II of Epirus, Ada, Countess of Holland, Fakhr al-Din II, Licinius Valerianus, Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, and Quintus Hortensius. After him are Amalaberga, Bretislav III, Árpád Szakasits, Nino Burjanadze, Princess Anne of Orléans, and Artúr Görgei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Radu Vasile ranks 272Before him are Graham Nash, Montserrat Figueras, Phil Esposito, Gunilla Bergström, Gijs van Lennep, and Colin Groves. After him are David Stern, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Günter Wallraff, B. J. Thomas, Clarence Clemons, and Pyotr Klimuk. Among people deceased in 2013, Radu Vasile ranks 184Before him are Patti Page, Tony Musante, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Józef Glemp, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Lau Kar-leung. After him are Aníbal Paz, Hilary Koprowski, Elmore Leonard, Gerrie Mühren, Robert Ressler, and Josip Kuže.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Radu Vasile ranks 226 out of 844Before him are Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Ion Ghica (1816), Ștefan Barbu (1908), Ferenc Dávid (1510), Kadriye Nurmambet (1933), and Miodrag Belodedici (1964). After him are Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), Michael von Melas (1729), Kálmán Tisza (1830), Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884), Alexander Vencel (1944), and Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Radu Vasile ranks 87Before him are Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Patriarch Daniel of Romania (1951), Alexander I Aldea (1397), Tamás Bakócz (1442), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), and Constantin Ion Parhon (1874). After him are Kálmán Tisza (1830), Matei Basarab (1580), Nicolae Titulescu (1882), Titu Maiorescu (1840), Ion G. Duca (1879), and Nicolae Ciucă (1967).