Dumitru Dediu
{{Short description|Romanian cosmonaut}}
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|name = Dumitru Dediu
|image = Dumitru Dediu.jpg
|birth_date = 12 May 1942
|death_date = July 2013 (aged 71)
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Dumitru Dediu (12 May 1942 in Galaţi – July 2013) was a pilot in the Romanian Air Force and cosmonaut candidate that was assigned as the backup for Dumitru Prunariu.{{cite book|title=Russia's cosmonauts: inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center|last=Hall|first=Rex|author2=David Shaler|author3=Bert Vis|date=2005|publisher=Birkhäuser|isbn=978-0-387-21894-6|series=Springer-Praxis books in space exploration|pages=211}}
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In 1978, Dediu was selected as the backup for Dumitru Prunariu for the Soyuz 40 mission.{{cite book|title=The Soviet cosmonaut team: a comprehensive guide to the men and women of the Soviet manned space programme|last=Hooper|first=Gordon R.|date=1986|publisher=GRH Publications|isbn=978-0-9511312-0-6|pages=53,65,237}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MG__CgAAQBAJ|title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program|last=Burgess|first=Colin|last2=Vis|first2=Bert|date=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-24163-0|pages=161–168|language=en}} He served in the Romanian Army and lived in Bucharest.{{cite web|title=Dediu, Dumitru Biography|url=http://www.astronautix.com/d/dediu.html|website=astronautix.com|access-date=May 7, 2023}}
He died in early July 2013 after a serious illness (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's). He was buried on July 11, 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.astronaut.ru/news1-13.htm |title=2013 News |website=www.astronaut.ru |language=ru |access-date=2017-11-01}}
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