Iurie Roșca
| Iurie Roşca | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 16 June 2009 – 25 September 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Mircea Druc |
| Deputy President of Parliament | |
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In office 24 March 2005 – 5 May 2009 | |
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In office 1998–2001 | |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
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In office March 1990 – May 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 October 1961 Teleneşti, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
| Political party | Christian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994) |
| Spouse(s) | Larisa Roşca |
| Children | Ştefan, Alexandra, and Oana |
| Alma mater | Moldova State University |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Iurie Roşca (born 31 October 1961 in Teleneşti) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.[1]
Biography
Iurie Roşca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of the State University of Moldova. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei (The Youth of Moldova), a reporter for the National Television of Moldova, and an upper-level curator at the Dimitrie Cantemir Literature Museum in Chişinău.[2]
Political career
In 1989 Roşca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova (of which the PPCD is a successor). He was executive president of the organization in 1989–1994. Between 1990 and 2009 he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
In 2005 his party voted for reelection of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin,[3] and he became the Parliament's vice-president (a post he also held from 1998 to 2001). In June 2009 he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government[4] However, he only held that position until September of that year.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.jurnal.md/en/news/iurie-rosca-the-old-and-new-leader-of-christian-democrats-181223/, Journal Moldova, Politics, Iurie Rosca- the old and new leader of Christian-Democrats, 21 Feb 2010, Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.cato.org/events/tbilisiconf2006/speakers.html, CATO Institute, Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda, Speaker Biographies:, Iurie Roşca, Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.elections2005.md/comments/20050407/
- ↑ http://www.azi.md/en/story/3745, Moldova Azi, Politics, Iurie Roşca takes oath as Deputy Prime Minister, 17 June 2009, Retrieved September 15, 2010.