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Aug 03, 1950 Bucharest Died on 19 Aug 2014 (aged 64)
Romanian politician and businessman
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About Dinu Patriciu
- Dan Costache ("Dinu") Patriciu (Romanian pronunciation: ['dinu pa'trit??u]; 3 August 1950 – 19 August 2014) was a Romanian billionaire businessman and politician.
- At the time of his death, Patriciu was the richest man in Romania.
- His wealth was based on the Rompetrol company (the second largest oil company in Romania), which he took over from the Romanian state and later sold to Kazakhstan's state-owned KazMunayGas. Patriciu's business activity was marred by legal troubles, being charged with defrauding the state, money laundering and illegally manipulating markets, but died before he could be sentenced.
- However, he successfully withstood the investigations into allegedly corrupt privatization deals.A support of right-libertarian politics, Patriciu was a long-time member of the National Liberal Party.
- During the 2009 Romanian presidential election, Patriciu released a video which President Basescu appeared to hit a boy; Traian Basescu sued for libel and won.
