Vasile-Silviu Prigoană
(22 December 1963 – 12 November 2024) was a Romanian businessman and politician.
Life and career
Prigoană owned 60% of , a
waste collection company which services
Bucharest's Sector 3,
Cluj-Napoca
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,
Suceava, and
Baia Mare.
In December 2008, he became a member of the
Romanian Chamber of Deputies, serving for four years.
He was a member of the
Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) until September 2012, shortly before his term expired.
Apart from his waste collection company, Prigoană is known for founding the first Romanian news television,
Realitatea TV, the first sports channel based in
Romania
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,
TV Sport (later sold to
Central European Media Enterprises, becoming
Sport.ro), and two other music channels: the first with emphasis on
Romanian traditional music,
Etno TV, and the other known for promoting
Manele music, Taraf TV.
His first wife, Viorica, died in 1994 at age 30. He was married to Adriana Bahmuțeanu with whom he had a tumultuous relationship that culminated with their fourth marriage in May 2009. The couple have two children together, along with two sons from his first marriage, Honorius-Adrian and Silvius.
Prigoană died from a heart attack in
Bran, Brașov, on 12 November 2024, at the age of 60. He was buried at the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Bucharest.
References
External links
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Personal site*
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1963 births
2024 deaths
People from Gherla
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians