Ion Ciubuc

Ion Ciubuc

Ion Ciubuc (born May 29, 1943 in Hădărăuți , Ocnița Rajon ; † January 29, 2018 ) was a Moldovan politician and Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova from 1997 to 1999.

biography

Activities in the Moldovan SSR

After attending school, from 1960 to 1963 he was initially a worker on the collective farm “1. Mai ” in his hometown Hădărăuți . After three years of military service, he completed a degree in agricultural sciences at the Agrocultural Institute of Odessa , from which he graduated in 1970 with a doctorate in economics . At the same time he was chief economist between 1966 and 1973 and chairman of the collective farms of Hădărăuți and Trebisouți. Subsequently, he was chairman of the Council of Collective Farms in Briceni Raion . In addition, he was a guest student at the Academy for Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the CPSU .

After completing this training in party politics, he became an instructor for the Communist Party of the Moldovan SSR in 1975 . After further training in party politics at the Academy of Sciences of the Central Committee of the CPSU, he was first secretary of the Communist Party of Vulcăneşti between 1978 and 1984 . In 1984 he was appointed 1st Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee (GOSPLAN) before he became Section Head at the Institute for Scientific Research in Agriculture in 1986. After working as Deputy Chairman of the Agro-Industrial Association of the Moldovan SSR between 1989 and 1990, he became 1st Deputy Minister for National Economy in the government of Mircea Druc .

Promotion to Prime Minister of Moldova

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the declaration of independence as a republic , he was 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moldova between 1991 and 1992 . Afterwards he was first deputy foreign minister of Moldova until 1994. After a brief activity as 1st Deputy Minister of the Economy, he was appointed Chairman of the Court of Auditors ( Curții de Conturi ) between 1994 and 1997 . On December 31, 1996, he was awarded the Order of Gloria Muncii for his services in the banking, financial and economic sectors .

First cabinet 1997 to 1998

After Andrei Sangheli resigned due to his defeat in the presidential election, he was entrusted with the formation of a government on January 16, 1997 after the new President Petru Lucinschi was sworn in. On January 24, 1997, Ciubuc became Sangheli's successor after his election in parliament, in which he received 74 votes from the 99 MPs present. In his first government, sworn in on January 25, 1997, he took over many ministers from the previous government. His cabinet, which was in office until May 22, 1998, consisted of the following ministers:

• Deputy Prime Ministers Ion Guțu, Valeriu Bulgari
• Minister for Economy and Reform Guțu (new),
• Minister of State Nicolae Cernomaz (new),
• Foreign Minister Mihai Popov,
• Industry and Trade Minister Grigore Triboi,
• Finance Minister Valeriu Chițan,
• Agriculture and Food Minister Gheorghe Lungu (new),
• Transport Minister Vasile Iovv,
• Communication and Information Minister Ion Casian,
• Minister for Privatization and State Property Management Ceslav Ciobanu,
• Minister for Territorial Development, Construction and Municipal Cooperation Mihai Severovan,
• Minister for Research, Youth and Sport Iacob Popovici (new),
• Minister of Culture Ghenadie Ciobanu (new),
• Minister of Welfare, Social Security and Families Dumitru Nidelcu,
• Health Minister Mihai Magdei (new),
• Justice Minister Vasile Sturza,
• Minister of National Security General Tudor Botnaru (new),
• Interior Minister Major General Mihail Plămădeală (new),
• Defense Minister Valeriu Pasat (new) as well
• Cabinet member by virtue of office as governor of the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit Gheorghe Tabunșcic.

In the course of the term of office there were some government reshuffles after just a few months. First, on May 28, 1997, Gheorghe Cucu succeeded Triboi as Minister of Industry and Trade. After that, on June 10, 1997, Iurie Badâr took over from Ceslav Ciobanu as Minister of Privatization and State Property Management. Finally, on July 28, 1997, Nicolae Tăbăcaru succeeded Popov as Foreign Minister.

Second cabinet from 1998 to 1999

The second free parliamentary elections after February 1994 won in March 1998 the Communist Party ( Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova ), which had only been re-admitted at the end of 1994, with 30.1% of all votes, but Prime Minister Ciubuc continued to lead a reform-oriented coalition government. On May 22, 1998, he formed his second cabinet, which, after extensive new appointments, included the following ministers:

• Deputy Prime Ministers Ion Sturza (new), Valentin Dolganiuc (new), Oleg Stratulat (new) and Nicolae Andronic (new),
• Minister for Economy and Reform Ion Sturza (new),
• Minister of State Cernomaz,
• Foreign Minister Tăbăcaru,
• Industry and Trade Minister Ion Tănase (new),
• Finance Minister Anatolie Arapu (new),
• Minister for Agriculture and Small and Medium-Sized Industry Valeriu Bulgari (change of department),
• Transport and Communication Minister Tudor Leancă (new),
• Minister for Environment and Territorial Arcadie Capcalea (new)
• Minister for Territorial Development, Construction and Municipal Cooperation Severovan,
• Minister of Education and Science Anatol Grimalschi (new),
• Minister of Culture Ciobanu,
• Minister of Welfare, Social Security and Families Vladimir Gurițenco (new),
• Health Minister Eugeniu Gladun (new),
• Justice Minister Ion Păduraru (new),
• Minister of National Security General Botnaru,
• Interior Minister Major General Victor Catan (new),
• Defense Minister Pasat as well
• Cabinet member by virtue of office as governor of the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit Gheorghe Tabunșcic.

On November 11, 1998, there was a vote of confidence in parliament , which he won. On February 1, 1999, Ciubuc announced his resignation as Prime Minister. The severe financial and economic crisis led to his resignation. On February 5, 1999, the mayor of Chișinău Serafim Urecheanu was entrusted with the formation of a government and appointed acting prime minister. However, he resigned from this office on February 17th. Two days later, the previous Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs and Reforms, Sturza, was nominated for the post of Prime Minister, which he then officially took over on March 12, 1999.

After leaving politics, he became director of the company "Interagroinvest".

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• Homepage of the government of the Republic of Moldova
• Primeministers of Moldavia ( Memento of July 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• rulers.org
• “Land between East and West. Moldova has been an independent democracy since 1991 "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A murit ion ciubuc. Fostul premier al Republicii Moldova avea 74 de ani
2. ↑ rulers.org - January 15, 1997
3. ^ Ian Jeffries: The Countries of the Former Soviet Union at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: The Baltic and European States in Transition (=  Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition ). Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 0-203-64754-8 , pp. 331 ff . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
4. ↑ ^{a b} MOLDAU cultural history ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Büscher, Klaus: "Moldova After The Parliamentary Elections: A Second Chance for Reform", 1998
6. ↑ “The new government of the Moldova Republic. Prospects for reform after the parliamentary elections ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ rulers.org - November 11, 1998
8. ↑ "MOLDOVA: PREMIER QUITS," New York Times February 2, 1999
9. ↑ rulers.org - February 1, 1999