Cabinet of Moldova

The Cabinet of Moldova is the chief executive body of the government of Moldova. Its function according to the Constitution of Moldova is "to carry out the domestic and foreign policy of the State and to apply general control over the work of public administration".

The structure of the cabinet

The Constitution states that "The Government consists of a Prime Minister, a first Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and other cabinet Members, as determined by organic law,"..

Moldova is a republic with a democratically elected government, acting according to the principles of parliamentarism.

Legislative power is vested in the Parliament. Executive affairs of government are decided by the cabinet.

The composition of the cabinet is decided by the Prime Minister.

The governments of Moldova

The following is a list of all governments since 1917. It includes the governments of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, which unified with Romania in 1918 shortly after its creation, and the administration of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was a constituent republic of the highly centralized Soviet Union from 1940-1941 and again from 1944-1991.

Moldavian Democratic Republic

• Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet (21 December 1917 – 6 February 1918)
• Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet (6 February 1918 – 9 April 1918)
• Petru Cazacu Cabinet (9 April 1918 – 12 December 1918)

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

• Tihon Konstantinov Cabinet (2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945) (in exile in Russian SFSR from June 1941 until August 1944)
• Nicolae Coval Cabinet (17 April 1945 – 4 January 1946)
• Gherasim Rudi Cabinet (5 January 1946 – 23 January 1958)
• Alexandru Diordiță Cabinet (23 January 1958 – 15 April 1970)
• Petru Pascari Cabinet (First) (24 April 1970 – 1 August 1976)
• Semion Grossu Cabinet (1 August 1976 – 30 December 1980)
• Ion Ustian Cabinet (30 December 1980 – 24 December 1985)
• Ivan Călin Cabinet (24 December 1985 – 10 January 1990)
• Petru Pascari Cabinet (Second) (10 January – 26 May 1990)
• Mircea Druc Cabinet (26 May 1990 – 23 May 1991) (renamed Republic of Moldova on 23 May 1991)

Republic of Moldova

• Mircea Druc Cabinet (23 May 1991 – 28 May 1991)
• Valeriu Muravschi Cabinet (28 May 1991 – 1 July 1992)
• 1st Andrei Sangheli (1 July 1992 – 31 March 1994)
• 2nd Andrei Sangheli (5 April 1992 – 24 January 1997)
• 1st Ion Ciubuc Cabinet (24 January 1997 – 22 May 1998)
• 2nd Ion Ciubuc Cabinet (22 May 1998 – 1 February 1999)
• Urechean Cabinet (acting) (5 February 1999 – 17 February 1999)
• Ion Sturza Cabinet (19 February 1999 – 21 December 1999)
• Dumitru Braghiş Cabinet (21 December 1999 – 19 April 2001)
• 1st Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (19 April 2001 – 19 April 2005)
• 2nd Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (19 April 2005 – 31 March 2008)
• 1st Zinaida Greceanîi Cabinet (31 March 2008 – 10 June 2009)
• 2nd Zinaida Greceanîi Cabinet (10 June 2009 – 25 September 2009)
• 1st Vlad Filat Cabinet (25 September 2009 – 14 January 2011)
• 2nd Vlad Filat Cabinet (14 January 2011 – 30 May 2013)
• Iurie Leancă Cabinet (30 May 2013 - 18 February 2015)
• Chiril Gaburici Cabinet (18 February 2015 - 22 June 2015)
• Valeriu Streleț Cabinet (30 July 2015 - 30 October 2015)

See also

• Prime Minister of Moldova
• Politics of Moldova

External links

1. Official Web Site of the Cabinet of Moldova