Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament,the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010,he was the head of the Social Democratic Party,Romania's largest political party to this day. Furthermore,he was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election which he narrowly lost to Traian Băsescu.
The European Social Democratic Party is a centre-left,populist social-democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997,the party holds pro-European views,and is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and a full member of the Socialist International. According to its statute,the PSDE pleads that Moldova is an independent,sovereign,and democratic state,based on law,and integrated in the united family of European democracies. Reflecting former leader Marian Lupu's views,but also the strong influence of the Moldovan Orthodox Church,the party is more conservative on social issues,such as LGBT rights.
Dumitru Braghiș is a Moldovan politician,diplomat and economist. He is the current Moldovan Ambassador to China and Vietnam,appointed in mid-2020. He was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 1999 until 2001. Then,he was a member of the Parliament of Moldova,where he represented the Party Alliance Our Moldova. He was chairman of the Party of Social Democracy and deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (2005–2009).
Moldova–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation,two Eastern European,post-Soviet,ex-communist countries. Russian support for the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) and a substantial Russian military presence therein strained Moldovan relations with Russia.
Moldovan-Spanish relations are foreign relations between Spain and Moldova. On 30 January 1992 Spain established diplomatic relations with Moldova. As of 2009 Spain does not have an embassy in Chişinău. Spain is represented in Moldova via its embassy in Bucharest in Romania.
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova elected on 6 March 2005 had 101 seats.
Iurie Leancă is a Moldovan politician who was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 2013 until 2015. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2009 to 2013 as part of the First and Second Filat Cabinet.
Ion Hadârcă is a poet,translator and Moldovan politician,deputy to the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova between 1990 and 1998 and from 2009 to 2014. Ion Hadârcăwas the founder and first president of the Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1992),chairman of the Liberal Reformist Party.
Oleg Bodrug is a Moldovan politician,vice-president of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova,co-chair of the Liberal Reformist Party.
Ion Butmalai was a Moldovan politician and a deputy in the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2014,member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.
Veaceslav Untilă is a Moldovan politician.
Igor Corman is a Moldovan politician and diplomat,President of the Moldovan Parliament from 30 May 2013 until 29 December 2014.
Oleg Ţulea is a Moldovan politician who served as the foreign minister of the Republic of Moldova in 2020. He previously served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (2005–2009). 1998,Oleg Tsulya joined the Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) and was elected chairman of the DPM youth organization "Democratic Youth". On 3 February 2016,he was appointed as the Ambassador to Hungary. On 29 June 2016,he was appointed concurrently as ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia and Slovenia. He was also the deputy sports minister from 2009 to 2011. He is fluent in Romanian,Russian and English,and speaks French at an intermediate level.
Vlad Lupan is the former Ambassador,Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations. Between 2010-2011 he was a Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova,Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Party. He is a former diplomat from the Republic of Moldova. He has been the Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Moldova since August 2010. Vlad Lupan served for 12 years in the diplomatic service of his country and in his last posting he was the director of the NATO Department in the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova. Since 2008 he was a civil society expert on EU,NATO,security sector reform issues,as well as an external efficiency evaluator and,at the same time,had his show on Vocea Basarabiei radio station.
Vladimir Plahotniuc,commonly referred to as Vlad Plahotniuc,is a Moldovan politician,businessman and oligarch. He was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova and previously was a member of the Parliament of Moldova for three terms,and served as First Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova. Until leaving the territory of the Republic of Moldova in 2019,he was considered to be the powerhouse of Moldovan politics in matters of influence,controlling Moldova's government and parliamentary majority. Since fleeing Moldova in June 2019,Plahotniuc has resided in Turkey.
Pavel Filip is a Moldovan politician.
Alexandru Jizdan is a Moldovan politician and police officer who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from 2016 to 2019 in the Filip Cabinet. Previously he worked in various positions in structures of Interior Ministry,and in 2015-2016 worked as deputy director of Information and Security Service of the Republic of Moldova. After the April 2009 protests in Moldova he was awarded by the then-minister Gheorghe Papuc for executing well the orders. From 9 March 2019,the MP of the DPM in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
Vladislav Kulminski is a Moldovan politician.
