Corneliu Vadim Tudor

Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office
14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014
Vice-President of the Senate of Romania
In office
19 December 2004 – 14 December 2008
PresidentNicolae Văcăroiu
Member of the Senate of Romania
In office
16 October 1992 – 14 December 2008
ConstituencyBucharest
Leader of the Greater Romania Party
In office
20 June 1991 – 14 September 2015
Succeeded byEmil Străinu
Personal details
Born
Corneliu Tudor

(1949-11-28)28 November 1949
Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Died14 September 2015(2015-09-14) (aged 65)
Bucharest, Romania
Resting placeGhencea Cemetery, Bucharest
Political partyRomanian Communist Party (1980–⁠1989)
Greater Romania Party (1991–⁠2015)
Spouse
Doina Tudor
(m. 1987⁠–⁠2015)
ChildrenLidia Tudor, Eugenia Tudor
RelativesMarcu Tudor (brother)
EducationSaint Sava National College
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
University of Vienna
University of Craiova
Ovidius University
OccupationWriter, poet, journalist, politician
ProfessionHistorian, sociologist, theologian
ReligionRomanian Orthodox
Websitevadim-tudor.ro

Corneliu Vadim Tudor (Romanian pronunciation: [korˈnelju vaˈdim ˈtudor]; 28 November 1949 – 14 September 2015), also colloquially known as "Tribunul", was a poet, writer, and journalist who was the leader of the Greater Romania Party (Romanian: Partidul România Mare) and a Member of the European Parliament. He was a Romanian senator from 1992 to 2008. He was born and died in Bucharest, Romania.[1]

As a political figure, he was known for having held strong nationalist[2] views, which were reflected in his rhetoric and his denunciation of political opponents (a tactic which the judgements in several civil lawsuits handed down against him deemed to be slanderous).[citation needed] He was most commonly referred to as "Vadim", which was a name he selected for himself, not a family name (and not shared with his brother, former Romanian Army officer Marcu Tudor [ro]).[3]

  1. ^ Alison Mutler (14 September 2015). "Corneliu Vadim Tudor, ultranationalist Romanian poet and politician, dies at 65". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Romania's far-right contender". BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ^ Deputy Marcu Tudor's webpage, cdep.ro; accessed 17 September 2015.(in Romanian)