Constantin Dan Vasiliu (15 February 1951 – 6 November 2020) was a

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n politician.

Career

He was born in

Bârlad Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia. At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret, the other skirting th ...

, and was the son of Mihai (Melu) Vasiliu and of Lucia Vasiliu (née Perida). He studied

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at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. After graduation, he worked at the Tepro Company in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

where he eventually was promoted to Commercial Director of the Company. After 1989, Constantin Dan Vasiliu entered politics. In 1992, he was elected senator for the National Salvation Front; in this capacity, he was vice president of the

Senate of Romania ) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 136 seats (before the 2016 Romanian legislative election the total number of elected representatives was 176), to which members are elected by direct popular vote using party-l ...

from 1994 to 1996. Re-elected in 1996 on the lists of the

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, he was chairman of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party. From 1996 to 2000 he was also secretary of the senate's "Budget, Finance and Banking Commission". In 2000 he was re-elected vice president of the Senate. Constantin Dan Vasiliu also was vice chairman of the "Romanian-Australian Friendship Group" and member of the "Group for the Friendship between Romania and the Republic of Moldova". From 2000 to 2004 he was advisor to the Senate of Romania. He was also Secretary General of the Senate. In 2013 he was sent on a mission at the Romanian Embassy of Tunisia as secretary general where he remained in duty until 2017. He was leader of the Democratic Liberal Party organization of

Iași County Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a coun ...

.Senatul României –

References

Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Senate of Romania 1951 births 2020 deaths People from Bârlad Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni {{Romania-politician-stub