Victor Surdu

Raul-Victor Surdu-Soreanu (July 11, 1947 – April 7, 2011) was a Romanian politician who served as the country's first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture following the 1989 Revolution.[1] He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).[1]

Surdu was born in Iaşi.[2] He worked as a manager for Romania's collective farm system during the Communist era,[1] and then joined the National Salvation Front (FSN), which took power after the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu.[1]

Surdu served as Minister of Agriculture from 1989 to 1990.[1] He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania from 1990 to 1992, and for the Social Democratic Party from 2008 until his death.[3][4] For a brief period in the mid-1990s, he left was deputy manager of Lukoil of Romania.[1]

Surdu died from pancreatic cancer in Bucharest in 2011, at the age of 63.[1] He was survived by his wife, singer Angela Similea, and three children.[1]

References
  1. "Romania's first post-communist agriculture minister dies". Associated Press. Canadian Press. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  2. "PSD MP Victor Surdu dies". Bucharest Herald. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  3. (in Romanian) 1990-1992 profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
  4. (in Romanian) 2008- profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
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