Petru Soltan (29 June 1931 – 15 July 2016) was a Moldovan mathematician. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova^[2] and an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.^[3] Petru Soltan was a member of the Mathematical Society of Moldova.^[4]

Petru Soltan served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994)^[5] and is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.^[6]

He died on 15 July 2016 at the age of 86.^[7]

• Doctor Honoris Causa Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1992),
• Doctor Honoris Causa Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (1998)
• Doctor Honoris Causa al Universităţii Pedagogice de Stat din Tiraspol, cu sediul la Chişinău (2000).
• Doctor Magna cum Laudae al ULIM (1994),
• Honorary Professor Petre Andrei University of Iași (2001).
• Membru titular Academy of Sciences of Moldova (din 1992),
• honorary member Romanian Academy, 1993.
• Om emerit al Republicii Moldova (1994),
• Medals Acad. S. I. Vavilov (Moscova, 1991),
• Medal "Meritul Civic" (1996),
• Medal Mihai Eminescu (2000),
• Medal Dimitrie Cantemir (Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 2001).
• Moldova's National Prize in Science and Technology, 2004^[3]

• Enciciclopedia Sovietică moldovenească, Chişinău
• Petru Soltan. Colectiv de autori. Calendarul Naţional, 2001, pp. 139–141
• Gheorghe Rusnac, Valeriu Cozma, Profesorii Universităţii de stat din Moldova. Chişinău, Ed. USM, 2001.
• Tudor Ţopa, Voievozii înspiraţiei, Chişinău, 2007, pp. 42–54.

• Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova, An overview over the state of the mathematical activities in the Republic of Moldova