Ion Cebanu is a Moldovan politician. He was Minister of Youth and Sports between 25 September 2009 and 26 February 2013 in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet and in the Second Filat Cabinet as well,President of the Liberal Party Territorial Organization,Centru branch of Chisinau,member of the Central Permanent Bureau of the Liberal Party,president of the Public Association "Optimus".
Igor Dodon is a Moldovan politician who previously served as the President of Moldova from 23 December 2016 to 24 December 2020. He currently serves as the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova. He served as Minister of Economy and Trade in the governments of Vasile Tarlev and Zinaida Greceanîi from September 2006 to September 2009 and was a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2016. He lost his bid for re-election in 2020 to Maia Sandu,whom he had defeated four years earlier in the 2016 Moldovan presidential election.
Pavel Filip is a Moldovan politician.
Maia Sandu is a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the founder and former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 until 14 November 2019,when the government collapsed after a vote of no-confidence. Sandu was Minister of Education from 2012 to 2015 and member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2014 to 2015,and again in 2019.
Events in the year 2017 in Moldova.
Anatol Arapu is a Moldovan economist,who served as Minister of Finances of Moldova from 14 August 2013 to January 2016,in three consecutive cabinets:LeancăCabinet,Gaburici Cabinet,and StrelețCabinet. He also was Minister of Finances in the 1990s,in Ciubuc-2 Cabinet and in Sturza Cabinet.
Iurie Chirinciuc is a Moldovan businessman turned politician,who has served as Minister of Transport and Roads Infrastructure of Moldova since 30 July 2015 until 30 May 2017. Prior to this,between 31 December 2014 and August 2015 he was a member of Parliament of Moldova,in the parliamentary faction of Liberal Party.
Viorel Cibotaru is a Moldovan politician,former political analyst and journalist,who served as the Minister of Defense of Moldova between 18 February 2015 and 30 July 2015. Since 18 June 2016 Cibotaru is chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova. Cibotaru has authored four books.
The Filip Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova led by Pavel Filip from January 2016 to June 2019.
Andrei Năstase is a Moldovan politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was also a member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase was the leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform from 2015 to 2021.
Oleg Balan is a Moldovan jurist and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova between 18 February 2015 and 20 January 2016.
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.
Eugen Sturza is a Moldovan politician. He was the Minister of Defence of Moldova under President Igor Dodon and Prime Minister Pavel Filip. Sturza at the time of his appointment was the youngest member of the Filip Cabinet,at 33 years old.
The Moldovan National Army is the senior branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova composed of the Air Force and the Land Forces. The National Army is considered to be the regular duty military force while the other branch of the armed forces,the Trupele de Carabinieri,is focused on paramilitary activities.
Victor Gaiciuc is a Moldovan military general,who served as Minister of Defense of Moldova from 2001 until 2004,2019 until 2020 and 2020 until 2021. He was also the Defense and National Security Advisor to former president Igor Dodon. He is currently the chairman of the Union of Officers of Moldova and was also the secretary of the Supreme Security Council.
The Sandu Cabinet was a six-month Cabinet of Moldova in later 2019,led by Maia Sandu of the Party of Action and Solidarity.
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 11 July 2021. Following the resignation of Ion Chicu,the position of Prime Minister became vacant,with the Parliament being obligated to form a new government within three months. After the expiration of the constitutionally mandated period and two failed attempts to win parliamentary approval for the proposed cabinets,the Constitutional Court ruled on 15 April that the circumstances justifying a dissolution of the parliament were met. President Maia Sandu signed the decree dissolving the Parliament on 28 April and snap parliamentary elections were called on.
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 1 November. The fourth direct elections since independence in 1991,voters had the possibility to either elect a new president or re-elect the incumbent Igor Dodon. Because no candidate received a majority of votes in the first round,a run-off between the top two candidates,Maia Sandu and Dodon,was held on 15 November. Maia Sandu won the second round with 57.72% of the vote,becoming the first female President of the country and the first winner from the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS).
Igor Gorgan is a Moldovan military officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Moldova.
The Day of the Liberation of Moldova from Fascist Occupation is a public holiday celebrated annually in Moldova to commemorates the anniversary of the allied victory in the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive during World War II. It is celebrated on 24 August and is also associated with the former Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day and the present day European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism in Romania. It is used to commemorate Moldova's role in the defeat of from Nazi Germany in 1945. It is also recognized by the internationally unrecognized Transnistria.
