Petru Pascari
Petru Pascari | |
|---|---|
Pascari in 1976 | |
| 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 | 22 September 1929 |
| Died | 20 November 2025 (aged 96) |
| Party | Communist Party of Moldavia1 |
| 1. Ivan Bodiul and Petru Lucinschi were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova at that time. | |
Petru Pascari (Russian: Пётр Андреевич Паскарь; 22 September 1929 – 20 November 2025) was a Soviet and Moldovan politician. He was on two occasions the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Moldavian SSR: 24 April 1970 – 1 August 1976 (1st time) and 10 January 1990 – 26 May 1990 (2nd time).
Life and career
Petru Pascari was born on 22 September 1929 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.[1]
In June 1990, he became a personal pensioner and lived in Moscow.[2]
Pascari died on 20 November 2025, at the age of 96.[3]
Honours and awards
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ambasada Republicii Moldova în Federația Rusă | Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene al Republicii Moldova".
- ^ "Ordinul Republicii" (in Russian).