Iurie Roşca

      Iurie Roşca
      Deputy Prime Minister
      In office
      16 June 2009 – 25 September 2009
      Preceded by Mircea Druc
      Deputy President of Parliament
      In office
      24 March 2005 – 5 May 2009
      In office
      1998–2001
      Member of the Moldovan Parliament
      In office
      March 1990 – May 2009
      Personal details
      Born (1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 (age 51)
      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 (CDPP) 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]

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      Political career

      In 1989 Roşca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova (of which the CDPP is a successor). He was executive president of the organization 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.

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      Notes

      1. ^ 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.
      2. ^ 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.
      3. ^ http://www.elections2005.md/comments/20050407/
      4. ^ 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.
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