Nicolae Testemițanu (1 August 1927 – 20 September 1986) was a
Moldova
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n and
Soviet
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surgeon
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,
hygienist
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, and politician.
Political career
Upon graduating, he worked at the District Hospital in
Riscani as a surgeon. He was
Rector of
State University of Medicine and Pharmacy from 1959 to 1963, where he founded four faculties there – Dentistry (1959), Advanced Training of Doctors (1963), Preventive Medicine (1963), and Pharmacy (1964).
He served as
minister of health
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Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...
of
Moldavian SSR
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between 1963 and 1968, after which he was demoted for allegedly promoting too many autochthonous medical personnel, contrary to
Soviet
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Russification
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policies. Upon his dismissal, he returned to working at the Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Organization.
Honours
The
State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in
Chișinău
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is named after him.
Gallery
File:Stamp of Moldova md051st.jpg,
References
External links
www.testemitanu.info- The official site in the memory of "Nicolae Testemițanu"
The State Medical and Pharmaceutical University "Nicolae Testemițanu"
1921 births
1986 deaths
Romanian people of Moldovan descent
People from Drochia District
Communist Party of Moldavia politicians
Moldovan surgeons
Ministers of health of Moldova
Soviet surgeons
National Patriotic Front (Moldova) politicians
Burials at Chișinău Central Cemetery
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in chisinau there is a street in his name 'nicolaie testimitianu'.