Petru Soltan (29 June 1931 – 15 July 2016) was a Moldovan mathematician. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.Personalităţi marcante Petru Soltan was a member of the Mathematical Society of Moldova.Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova. An overview over the state of the mathematical activities in the Republic of Moldova
Petru Soltan served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994)Cine au fost şi ce fac deputaţii primului Parlament din R. Moldova (1990-1994)? and is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
He died on 15 July 2016 at the age of 86.
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
Bibliography 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.
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External links Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova, An overview over the state of the mathematical activities in the Republic of Moldova