Semion Grossu

Semion Grossu
8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia
In office December 30, 1980 – November 16, 1989
Prime Minister	Ion Ustian Ivan Călin
Preceded by	Ivan Bodiul
Succeeded by	Petru Lucinschi
Prime Minister of the Moldavian SSR
In office August 1, 1976 – December 30, 1980
Preceded by	Petru Pascari
Succeeded by	Ion Ustian
Personal details
Born	(1934-03-18) March 18, 1934 Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1991)

Semion Grossu (born March 18, 1934, Satul Nou) is a Moldovan politician and businessman.

Biography

Grossu was born on March 18, 1934, in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Ukraine). In 1961, he joined the Communist Party of Moldavia.

Grossu was the prime minister of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (August 1, 1976 – December 30, 1980) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Moldovan SSR (September 1, 1976 – December 31, 1980). He later became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (December 30, 1981 – November 16, 1989). He was the final Moldavian SSR leader to espouse the Soviet party line; his successor, Petru Lucinschi, was identified with aspirations for Moldovan independence, which was finally achieved in 1991.

Since 1991, Semion Grossu has been the chairman of the Russo–Moldovan winemaking firm, Product Impex SRL. In a video posted on YouTube in 2009, filmed by the Moldovan news source Internet TV, Grossu said he did not consider himself a public figure.

References

• *** – Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)

External links

• Гроссу Семен Кузьмич