Nicolae Costin

Nicolae Costin
Mayor of Chişinău
In office
1990 – 9 August 1994
Preceded byMihai Severovan (as Chairman of the Chișinău Executive Committee)
Succeeded bySerafim Urechean
Personal details
Born(1936-04-07)7 April 1936
Died16 February 1995(1995-02-16) (aged 58)
Chişinău, Moldova
Resting placeChişinău
PartyPopular Front of Moldova
Moldova State University
ProfessionProfessor

Nicolae Costin (7 April 1936 in Pecişte, Moldova – 16 February 1995 in Chişinău, Moldova) was a Moldovan politician, and a history professor at Moldova State University who was executive chairman of the Popular Front of Moldova, a deputy in the first elected Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, and co-author of the Moldovan Declaration of Independence.[1]

From 1990 to 1994 he was mayor of Chișinău.[1]

Costin's official cause of death was leukemia. Rumors circulated, with no evidence, that he had been poisoned with radioactive caesium.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Nicolae Costin, primul primar democrat al Chisinaului", Timpul - Ştiri din Moldova, retrieved February 19, 2020