Petru Pascari
Petru Pascari (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Паскарь, romanized: Pyotr Andreyevich Paskar; born 22 September 1929)[1] is a Soviet and Moldovan politician. Petru Pascari was on two occasions the prime minister of the Moldavian SSR: 24 April 1970 – 1 August 1976 (1st time) and 10 January – 26 May 1990 (2nd time).
Petru Pascari | |
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Moldavian SSR | |
In office 10 January 1990 – 26 May 1990 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Calin |
Succeeded by | Mircea Druc (as Prime Minister of SSR Moldova) |
In office 24 April 1970 – 1 August 1976 | |
Preceded by | Alexandru Diordiță |
Succeeded by | Semion Grossu |
Personal details | |
Born | Stroenți, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Transnistria) | 22 September 1929
Political party | Communist Party of Moldova1 |
1. Ivan Bodiul and Petru Lucinschi were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova at that time. | |
Biography
Petru Pascari was born in the small village of Stroenți (Stroiești) in the north of Transnistria, in Rîbnița District.
From 1946 to 1949, he worked at a wine-making technical school in the village of Saharna before enrolling in the Chisinau Agricultural Institute (now State Agrarian University of Moldova). For ten years after he worked as an agronomist before becoming a minister in the cabinet. In December 1962, he became Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova. He served his first stinct as premier in April 1970, at the same time serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Moldavian SSR. In July 1976, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of Gosplan. In early 1990, he returned to Moldova to serve as premier for a second time.[2]
In June 1990, he became a personal pensioner and has since lived in Moscow.[3]
Honours and awards
References
- "Ambasada Republicii Moldova în Federația Rusă | Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene al Republicii Moldova".
- "Паскарь Петр Андреевич". bse.sci-lib.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- "Посольство Республики Молдова в Российской Федерации | Министерство иностранных дел и европейской интеграции Республики Молдова". rusia.mfa.gov.md. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- "Ordinul Republicii" (in Russian).