Puiu Hașotti

Puiu Hașotti (; born 14 June 1953) is a social conservative Romanian politician of Aromanian descent. He is a vice-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the leader of the party's group in the Senate.

Early life and education Hașotti was born on 14 June 1953 in Constanța, Romania. He is an Aromanian. Hașotti graduated from the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest in 1976 and received his doctorate in historical sciences in 1995. The year before he was a Fulbright Fellow at San Francisco State University. Before entering politics, Hașotti worked as a curator, principal curator, and then senior researcher (between 1976 and 1996). He also was a counsellor at Constanța County Inspectorate for Culture (1990–1995), and a lecturer at Ovidius University of Constanța, Faculty of History (1990–1996). He later gained an associate professorship at this institution, which he still holds.