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
President	Nicolae Văcăroiu
Member of the Senate of Romania
In office 16 October 1992 – 14 December 2008
Constituency	Bucharest
Leader of the Greater Romania Party
In office 20 June 1991 – 14 September 2015
Succeeded by	Emil Străinu
Personal details
Born	Corneliu Tudor (1949-11-28)28 November 1949 Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Died	14 September 2015(2015-09-14) (aged 65) Bucharest, Romania
Resting place	Ghencea Cemetery, Bucharest
Political party	Romanian Communist Party (1980–⁠1989) Greater Romania Party (1991–⁠2015)
Spouse	Doina Tudor ​ (m. 1987⁠–⁠2015)​
Children	Lidia Tudor, Eugenia Tudor
Relatives	Marcu Tudor (brother)
Education	Saint Sava National College
Alma mater	University of Bucharest University of Vienna University of Craiova Ovidius University
Occupation	Writer, poet, journalist, politician
Profession	Historian, sociologist, theologian
Religion	Romanian Orthodox
Website	vadim-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]