Semion Grossu
Semion Grossu is a Moldovan politician and businessman.Biography
Semion Grossu was born on March 18, 1934, in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania. In 1961, he joined the Communist Party of Moldavia.
Semion Grossu was the prime minister of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Moldovan SSR.
He later became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia. He was the final Moldavian SSR leader to espouse the Soviet party line; his successor, Petru Lucinschi, was identified with aspirations for Moldovan independence, which was finally achieved in 1991.
Since 1991, Semion Grossu has been the chairman of the Russo–Moldovan winemaking firm, "Product Impex" SRL. In a video posted on YouTube in 2009, filmed by the Moldovan news source Internet TV, Grossu said he did not consider himself a public figure.
