Constantin Simirad
{{Short description|Romanian politician (1941–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|05|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coțușca, Botoșani County, Kingdom of Romania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|03|28|1941|05|13}}
| death_place = Iași, Romania
| nationality = Romanian
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| party = PSD
{{ill|Partidul Alianța Civică|ro|lt=PAC}}
UNPR
| office = President of the Iași County Council
| term_start = 1 June 2008
| term_end = 2012
| predecessor = {{ill|Lucian Flaișer|ro}}
| successor = Cristian Adomniței
| office2 = Ambassador of Romania to Cuba
| term_start2 = 28 November 2003
| term_end2 = December 2006
| office3 = Mayor of Iași
| term_start3 = 22 June 1992
| term_end3 = 28 November 2003
| predecessor3 = {{ill|Vasile Dumitriu|ro}}
| successor3 = Gheorghe Nichita
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Constantin Simirad (13 May 1941 – 28 March 2021) was a Romanian politician and academic.{{cite web|url=https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/stiri/a-murit-fostul-primar-constantin-simirad-el-era-internat-la-ati-cu-covid--283606.html|title=A murit fostul primar Constantin Simirad. El era internat la Parhon cu COVID|date=29 March 2021|work=Ziarul de Iași|language=Romanian}}
Biography
Simirad was born on 13 May 1941 in Coțușca, Botoșani County. He graduated from Iași National College and the University of Iași. He first began teaching secondary school in Dorohoi from 1965 to 1968. In 1968, he became an assistant professor of mathematics at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași and was subsequently taught at the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Oran. He earned his doctorate in mathematics in 1979.
Simirad entered politics in 1991 with the {{ill|Partidul Alianța Civică|ro}} (PAC). The following year, he was elected Mayor of Iași, running as a member of the Romanian Democratic Convention. He was re-elected in 1996 with 71% of the vote. He left PAC in 1998 and founded the Partidului Moldovenilor, which he led until 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/iasi/simirad-n-a-vrut-ca-imnul-partidului-moldovenilor-sa-fie-quot-trei-culoriquot~nicp9|title=Simirad n-a vrut ca imnul Partidului Moldovenilor sa fie "Trei Culori"|date=15 June 1998|work=Ziarul de Iași|language=Romanian}} That year, the party merged with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), of which he became vice-president.{{cite web|url=https://www.bzi.ro/simirad-ingroapa-partidul-moldovenilor-33664|title=Simirad ingroapa Partidul Moldovenilor|date=10 June 2002|work=BZI|language=Romanian}} On 28 November 2003, he left Iași and was appointed Ambassador of Romania to Cuba by President Ion Iliescu. Upon his return to Romania in 2006, he retired.
On 28 March 2008, the PSD nominated him to run as President of the Iași County Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-ultima_ora-2683041-simirad-este-candidatul-psd-iasi-functia-presedinte.htm|title=Simirad este candidatul PSD Iasi la functia de presedinte al CJ|date=28 March 2008|work=HotNews.ro|language=Romanian}} He was elected on 1 June 2008 with 36.5% of the vote. However, he was expelled from PSD in September 2009 after voicing his support for President Traian Băsescu. He then joined National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR). In 2012, he was defeated in his re-election bid for President of the County Council alongside his party's mayoral candidate Tudor Ciuhodaru.
Constantin Simirad died of COVID-19 in Iași on 28 March 2021, at the age of 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.digi24.ro/amphtml/stiri/constantin-simirad-fostul-primar-al-iasiului-a-murit-de-covid-1476577|title=Constantin Simirad, fostul primar al Iașiului, a murit de COVID|date=29 March 2021|work=Digi24|language=Romanian}} He is buried at Eternitatea Cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://www.bzi.ro/mormantul-impunator-in-care-va-fi-ingropat-primarul-iasului-constantin-simirad-si-a-pregatit-din-timp-locul-de-veci-ce-au-cerut-membrii-familiei-inainte-de-inmormantare-foto-4156683|title=Mormântul impunător în care va fi îngropat primarul Iașului|date=30 March 2021|work=Bună ziua Iași|language=Romanian}}
Publications
- Audiențe în aer liber (2000)
- Bordura de ipsos (2001)
- În umbra zeilor (2001)
- Simfonia vieții (2003)
- Arca lui Noe (2003)
- Izgoniții din rai (2005)
References
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Category:People from Botoșani County
Category:20th-century Romanian politicians
Category:21st-century Romanian politicians
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
Category:Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
Category:Councillors in Romania
Category:Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians
Category:Ambassadors of Romania to Cuba
Category:Romanian schoolteachers