Moldovan parliament approves new government

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A new government has been formed in the Republic of Moldova on Monday afternoon EEST (UTC+3), though the vote of confidence in the Zinaida Greceanîi - cabinet came from only 56 members of the 101-seat Parliament of Moldova.

New ministers constitute only one - third of the governmental team. For the first time in the independent republic's history, the government is headed by a woman. More that than, this is the Cabinet with the most number of women in the Moldova's history - Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi will be among five other women heading ministries.

The new composition of the Moldovan Government is as follows:

Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi
First Deputy Premier, Minister of Economy and Trade	Igor Dodon
Deputy Prime Minister	Victor Stepaniuc
Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration	Andrei Stratan
Minister of Finance	Marianna Durlesteanu
Minister of the Interior	Gen. Valentin Mejinschi
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry	Anatol Gorodenco
Minister of Transport and Roads	Vasile Ursu
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources	Violeta Ivanova
Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child	Galina Balmos
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Arthur Kozma
Minister of Justice	Vitalie Pirlog
Minister of Reintegration	Vasile Sova
Minister of Local Public Administration	Valentin Guznac
Minister of Defense	Vitalie Vrabie
Minister of Education and Youth Affairs	Larissa Savga
Minister of Health	Larissa Catrinici
Minister of Informational Development	Pavel Buceatchi
Minister of Construction and Territories Development	Vladimir Baldovici

The governor of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, south of Moldova, Mihail Formuzal, and the chairman of the Academy of Science, Gheorghe Duca, are government members ex officio.

The heads of departments, national agencies and bureaus will be appointed later by corresponding governmental Resolutions.

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Sources

"New government of Moldova receives Parliament's vote of confidence" — azi.md, March 31, 2008
"Moldovan parliament gives vote of confidence to cabinet's composition, action programme" — Moldpres, March 31, 2008

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