Negiat Sali

Negiat Sali (Dobrujan Tatar: Neğat Saliy; born September 4, 1953) is a Romanian economist and politician of Tatar origin, a member of the Democratic Union of Turco-Islamic Tatars of Romania (UDTTMR) and former member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2000–2004.

Biography A Muslim member of the Tatar minority and graduate of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, he was first employed as a construction worker before the fall of the Communist regime, present on the building site of the Danube-Black Sea Canal in 1980–1982. From 1982 until 2000, he worked at the Murfatlar Vineyard research station. In his view, this information was reflected in reports presented by the Intelligence Service). According to Sali, this practice has reduced the number of Tatars from approx. 70,000 to approx. 55,000 people.