Nicolae Testemițanu | |
Office: | Minister of Health of the Moldavian SSR |
Term Start: | 4 April 1963 |
Term End: | 5 May 1968 |
Predecessor: | Andrei Diskalenko |
Successor: | Ion Sorocean |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1927 |
Birth Place: | Ochiul Alb, Kingdom of Romania |
Death Place: | Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | Communist Party of Moldavia |
Profession: | Physician |
Premier: | Alexandru Diordiță |
Office2: | Rector of the Chișinău State Institute of Medicine |
Termstart2: | 1959 |
Termend2: | 1963 |
Successor2: | Vasile Anestiadi |
Predecessor2: | Nikolai Starostenko |
Honorific Suffix: | OR |
Nicolae Testemițanu (1 August 1927 – 20 September 1986) was a Moldovan and Soviet surgeon, hygienist, and politician.
He served as minister of health of Moldavian SSR between 1963 and 1968, after which he was demoted for allegedly promoting too many autochthonous medical personnel, contrary to Soviet Russification policies.[1]
The State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chișinău is named after him.
in chisinau there is a street in his name 'nicolaie testimitianu'.