Radu I. Sbiera (December 17, 1876–April 6, 1946) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian linguist and politician.
Born in CernÃÂuÃÂi, in the Duchy of Bukovina, he was the son of Ion G. Sbiera. After attending the state gymnasium and the normal school in his native city, he studied at the literature and philosophy faculty of Czernowitz University from 1894 to 1898. He received a degree in Latin, Greek, and Romanian, with a specialty in Classics and philosophy. He was a founding member of Societatea AcademicÃÂ Junimea. His 1903 PhD thesis dealt with Romance grammar. Until 1919, he taught Latin and Greek at the normal school and at a state high school in CernÃÂuÃÂi.
Sbiera joined the Romanian National Party in 1905. In October 1918, he joined the Romanian National Council as well as its executive committee. In November, he was secretary of the congress that voted for the union of Bukovina with Romania, and formed part of the delegation that presented the resolution to King Ferdinand I. From December 1918 until April 1919, he was education minister in the provincial government elected by the council. From 1919 to 1940, he taught at the department of Indo-European philology of CernÃÂuÃÂi University, and was dean in 1922âÂÂ1923. From 1940, he taught in the Latin language and literature department of the University of Bucharest.
Sbiera served in the Assembly of Deputies and in 1926âÂÂ1927 was mayor of CernÃÂuÃÂi. He wrote on Romanian and Classical philology, the history of education and culture in Bukovina. A poet and journalist, his contributions appeared in literary magazines and specialty publications: ApÃÂrarea naÃÂionalÃÂ, Convorbiri Literare, Codrul Cosminului, DeÃÂteptarea, Gazeta Bucovinei, Familia, Junimea literarÃÂ, Patria, and Revista filologicÃÂ. From 1921 to 1924, he headed the Society for Romanian Culture and Literature in Bukovina. He died in Caracal.