Vitalia Pavlicenco (born 29 October 1953) is a Moldovan politician. She was the head of the National Liberal Party (Moldova).

Vitalia Pavlicenco
Pavlicenco in 2017
Leader of the National Liberal Party
In office
16 December 2006 – 25 October 2019
Succeeded byIon Calmîc (acting)
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
17 March 2005 – 22 April 2009
Parliamentary groupOur Moldova Alliance
In office
21 April 1998 – 20 March 2001
Parliamentary groupParty of Democratic Forces
Personal details
Born (1953-10-29) 29 October 1953 (age 70)
Grinăuți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNational Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Electoral Bloc Democratic Moldova

Biography

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Vitalia Pavlicenco was born on October 29, 1953, in Grinăuţi. She grew up without a father because her father Victor Vangheli, a math and history teacher at the village school, was killed on June 26, 1953, at the age of 24, four months before Vitalia was born.[1] Her mother, Agafia Vangheli, was a teacher of Romanian and French.

After the collapse of the USSR, Vitalia Pavlicenco became the first deputy director general of the National Press Agency "Moldova-Pres" (1990–1994) and then editor-in-chief of Mesagerul (1994–1998).

Political life

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She served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1998–2001, 2005–2009). She also held the positions of vice-president of the Union of Journalists from the Republic of Moldova and vice-president of the Romanian World Council.

Personal life

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Vitalia Pavlicenco is married to Sergiu Pavlicenco, a hispanist professor at the State University of Moldova. The two have a daughter together, Beatriz Pavlicenco who is a violinist and lives in Germany. [2] At one point, the Pavlicenco family lived in Cuba, where their daughter, Beatriz, was also born.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Vitalia Pavlicenco » Despre mine". Pavlicenco.md. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  2. ^ "Vitalia Pavlicenco » Despre mine". Pavlicenco.md. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  3. ^ "SOȚII DOAMNELOR DIN POLITICĂ: Cine sînt și cu ce se ocupă". Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-17.