What is Radu Vasile?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Radu Vasile |honorific-suffix = |image = Radu Vasile(2).tif |imagesize = |smallimage = |caption = |order = |office = [[Prime Minister of Romania]] |term_start = 17 April 1998 |term_end = 13 December 1999 |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|10|10}} |birth_place = [[Sibiu]], [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|7|3|1942|10|10}} |death_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania |predecessor = [[Gavril Dejeu]] <small>(Acting)</small> |successor = [[Alexandru Athanasiu]] <small>(Acting)</small> |alongside = |vicepresident = |viceprimeminister = |deputy = |lieutenant = |monarch = |president = |primeminister = |taoiseach = |chancellor = |governor = |governor-general = |governor_general = |succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> |constituency = |majority = }} '''Radu Vasile''' (10 October 1942 – 3 July 2013) was a [[Romania]]n historian, poet and politician. He was the 57th [[Prime Minister of Romania]], serving from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999. He was also a Senator from the Democratic Party (PD) from 2000 to 2004. Aside from politics, Vasile used to write poetry under the [[pen name]] ''Radu Mischiu''. He died from [[colorectal cancer]] on 3 July 2013 in [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/health/Romanian+exPM+Radu+Vasile+paved+Romanias+entry+invited+pope/8610419/story.html|accessdate=2013-07-04|title=Romanian ex-PM Radu Vasile, who paved Romania's entry to EU and invited pope to Romania, dies|publisher=[[The Province]]}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasile, Radu}} [[Category:Romanian poets]] [[Category:Pr