Petru Soltan Explained

Petru Soltan
Birth Date:	29 June 1931
Birth Place:	Coșnița, Moldavian ASSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Chișinău, Moldova
Nationality:	Romanian USSR Moldovan
Alma Mater:	Moscow State University
Workplaces:	Moldova State University Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Fields:	mathematics
Awards:	Om emerit al Republicii Moldova (1994)
Doctoral Advisor:	Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov
Doctoral Students:	Victor Chepoi^[1]

Petru Soltan (29 June 1931 – 15 July 2016) was a Moldovan mathematician. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova^[2] and an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.^[3] Petru Soltan was a member of the Mathematical Society of Moldova.^[4]

Petru Soltan served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994)^[5] and is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.^[6]

He died on 15 July 2016 at the age of 86.^[7]

Awards and honours

Doctor Honoris Causa Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1992),
Doctor Honoris Causa Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (1998)
Doctor Honoris Causa al Universităţii Pedagogice de Stat din Tiraspol, cu sediul la Chişinău (2000).
Doctor Magna cum Laudae al ULIM (1994),
Honorary Professor Petre Andrei University of Iași (2001).
Membru titular Academy of Sciences of Moldova (din 1992),
honorary member Romanian Academy, 1993.
Om emerit al Republicii Moldova (1994),
Medals Acad. S. I. Vavilov (Moscova, 1991),
Medal "Meritul Civic" (1996),
Medal Mihai Eminescu (2000),
Medal Dimitrie Cantemir (Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 2001).
Moldova's National Prize in Science and Technology, 2004^[3]

Enciciclopedia Sovietică moldovenească, Chişinău
Petru Soltan. Colectiv de autori. Calendarul Naţional, 2001, pp. 139–141
Gheorghe Rusnac, Valeriu Cozma, Profesorii Universităţii de stat din Moldova. Chişinău, Ed. USM, 2001.
Tudor Ţopa, Voievozii înspiraţiei, Chişinău, 2007, pp. 42–54.

Mathematics Genealogy Project: https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=108166
Web site: Details of ASM members. asm.md. 14 January 2017.
http://www.dubasari.md/soltan.html Personalităţi marcante
http://www.math.ntnu.no/ems/council10/sofiatabledpapers/MoldovaPresentation.pdf Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova. An overview over the state of the mathematical activities in the Republic of Moldova
http://www.vipmagazin.md/tema/deputa%C5%A3ii_primului_Parlament/ Cine au fost şi ce fac deputaţii primului Parlament din R. Moldova (1990-1994)?
Web site: DomRaider. codru.eu. 14 January 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110218044258/http://codru.eu/en/news/1-latest-news/523-declaratia-forului-democrat-al-romanilor-din-moldova-privind-necesitatea-scoaterii-partidului-comunistilor-in-afara-legii. 18 February 2011.
Web site: Obituary. Petru Soltan. presedinte.md. 14 January 2017.