Prime Minister of Moldova

Prime Minister of Moldova
Standard of the Prime Minister
Incumbent Pavel Filip since 20 January 2016
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Chișinău
Appointer	President of Moldova
Term length	Four years
Website	http://gov.md/en

The Prime Minister of Moldova is Moldova's head of government. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the President and exercises executive power along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.

List of Prime Ministers of Moldova

Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)

• Pantelimon Erhan (21 December 1917 – 30 January 1918)
• Daniel Ciugureanu (30 January 1918 – 9 April 1918)
• Petru Cazacu (9 April 1918 – 12 December 1918)

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991)

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars

• Tihon Konstantinov (2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945), in exile in Russian SFSR between June 1941 and August 1944
• Nicolae Coval (17 April 1945 – 4 January 1946)
• Gherasim Rudi (5 January – 4 April 1946)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

• Gherasim Rudi (4 April 1946 – 23 January 1958)
• Alexandru Diordiță (23 January 1958 – 15 April 1970)
• Petru Pascari (24 April 1970 – 1 August 1976) (1st time)
• Semion Grossu (1 August 1976 – 30 December 1980)
• Ion Ustian (30 December 1980 – 24 December 1985)
• Ivan Călin (24 December 1985 – 10 January 1990)
• Petru Pascari (10 January – 26 May 1990) (2nd time)

Republic of Moldova (1991–present)

Parties

  FPM   PDAM   ADR   PCRM   PLDM   PL   Independent

Status

  Acting Prime Minister

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party	Elected	Cabinet
1		Mircea Druc (1941–)	26 May 1990	28 May 1991	Popular Front of Moldova	1990	Druc FPM
2		Valeriu Muravschi (1949–)	28 May 1991	1 July 1992	Popular Front of Moldova	—	Muravschi FPM
3		Andrei Sangheli (1944–)	1 July 1992	24 January 1997	Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova	—	Sangheli I
						1994	Sangheli II
4		Ion Ciubuc (1943–)	24 January 1997	Resigned: 5 Feb. 1999 12 March 1999	Alliance for Democracy and Reforms	—	Ciubuc I
						1998	Ciubuc II
—		Serafim Urechean (1950–) Acting Prime Minister	5 February 1999	19 February 1999	Independent	—	—
5		Ion Sturza (1960–)	19 February 1999	12 March 1999	Alliance for Democracy and Reforms	—	—
			12 March 1999	21 December 1999			Sturza
6		Dumitru Braghiș (1957–)	21 December 1999	19 April 2001	Independent	—	Braghis
7		Vasile Tarlev (1963–)	19 April 2001	31 March 2008	Party of Communists	2001	Tarlev I PCRM
						2005	Tarlev II PCRM
8		Zinaida Greceanîi (1956–)	31 March 2008	14 September 2009	Party of Communists	—	Greceanîi I PCRM
						Apr. 2009	Greceanîi II PCRM
—		Vitalie Pîrlog (1974–) Acting Prime Minister	14 September 2009	25 September 2009	Party of Communists	—	—
9		Vladimir Filat (1969–)	25 September 2009	25 April 2013	Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration)	Jul. 2009	Filat I PLDM–PL–PDM–AMN
						2010	Filat II PLDM–PL–PDM
10		Iurie Leancă (1963–)	25 April 2013	30 May 2013	Liberal Democratic Party (Pro-European Coalition)	—
			30 May 2013	18 February 2015		2013[1][2]	Leancă PLDM–PDM–PL
11		Chiril Gaburici (1976–)	18 February 2015	22 June 2015	Liberal Democratic Party (Political Alliance for a European Moldova)	2014	Gaburici PLDM–PDM
—		Natalia Gherman (1969–) Acting Prime Minister	22 June 2015	30 July 2015	Liberal Democratic Party (Political Alliance for a European Moldova)	—	—
12		Valeriu Streleț (1970–)	30 July 2015	30 October 2015	Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration III)	—	Streleț PLDM–PDM–PL
—		Gheorghe Brega (1951–) Acting Prime Minister	30 October 2015	20 January 2016	Liberal Party (Alliance for European Integration III)	—	—
13		Pavel Filip (1966–)	20 January 2016	Incumbent	Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration III)	—	Filip

References

1. New government formed in Moldova
2. The agreement Pro European Coalition set up was made public

See also

• Cabinet of Moldova
• President of Moldova