Ioan Alexandru Biography | Poet

Ioan Alexandru (Romanian pronunciation:  [i'oan alek'sandru] ; born Ion andor, December 25, 1941 in Topa Mica, Cluj County, Romania - September 16, 2000 in Bonn, Germany ) was a Romanian poet, essayist and politician. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Ioan Alexandru became a founding member and vice-president of the PNTCD (Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party of Romania). He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies during the 1992 elections, and again in 1996 to the Romanian Senate as a senator from Arad County .