Gherasim Rudi
Prime Minister of Moldova
Died when: 75 years 114 days (903 months)Star Sign: Pisces

Gherasim Rudi (4 March 1907 in Saratei – 26 June 1982 in Chi?inau) also Russified as Gerasim Yakovlevich Rud (Russian: ????´??? ?´???????? ????) was a Moldavian SSR politician and member of the Moldovan resistance during World War II.
Rudi was born in Saratei, Rîbni?a District.He died on 26 June 1982, in Chisinau.Rudi was the Prime Minister of Moldavian SSR (5 January 1946 – 23 January 1958); until 4 April, the name was Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars.
Rudi signed the ruling concerning the deportation of more than 40,000 of Bessarabian Romanians to Siberia in the summer of 1949.The operation was undertaken by the NKVD, under the order of Joseph Stalin, on 6 June 1949 and was known as the operation "Iug" (South).
After retirement he was a Rector of the Chisinau Agricultural Institute.