Andrian Candu

Andrian Candu (born 27 November 1975, in Chișinău) is a Moldovan politician and a member of the Moldovan Parliament since December 2014. Since 23 January 2015 he has served as the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova,[1] though his claim to the office has been disputed by Zinaida Greceanîi since 8 June 2019, as was part of the constitutional crisis. Before that, Candu was a Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy[2] of the Republic of Moldova since 3 July 2014, and served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. He was member of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova between December 2010, and July 2014.[3]

Andrian Candu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Assumed office
30 November 2014
In office
28 November 2010 – 11 July 2014
Preceded byVladimir Plahotniuc
11th President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
23 January 2015 – 24 February 2019
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Valeriu Streleț
Pavel Filip
Preceded byIgor Corman
Succeeded byZinaida Greceanîi
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
11 July 2014 – 23 January 2015
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Preceded byValeriu Lazăr
Succeeded byStephane Christophe Bride
Minister of Economy
In office
11 July 2014 – 23 January 2015
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Preceded byValeriu Lazăr
Succeeded byStephane Christophe Bride
Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
30 May 2013 – 11 July 2014
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Preceded byVladimir Plahotniuc
Succeeded bySergiu Sîrbu
Personal details
Born
Andrian Candu

(1975-11-27) 27 November 1975
Chișinău, Moldovan SSR, USSR
Political partyPro Moldova
Spouse(s)
Zuzana Stastna
(
m. 2009)
ChildrenDaniel
Vera
Adam
Alma materBabeș-Bolyai University
Awards
Websitewww.candu.md

Biography

Andrian Candu was born in November 27, 1975. After Andrian Candu finished his secondary education at school No. 25, currently Lyceum "Onisifor Ghibu", Chişinău, in 1991 he was enrolled at the School of Informatics “Tiberiu Popoviciu” in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 1994 he obtained a Baccalaureate diploma. In the autumn, Candu was admitted to the Faculty of Law of the University "Babeș-Bolyai" from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After four years of study, he was awarded a Bachelor diploma. During September 2007 and June 2008, he studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law (Vienna, Austria), postgraduate International Tax Law Program, where he was awarded a Master's Diploma. In 2001, Andrian Candu participated in the "Human Rights and Programme Implementation" course organized by the Institute of European Law in Birmingham, UK. In the same year, Candu obtained certificate of participation in the seminar "Public administration and individual through the European Convention of Human Rights" held in the UniDem Campus, Venice Commission in Trieste, Italy. A year later, at the University of Western Cape, he was attending the International Academy of Human Rights course, on Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa.[3][4]

Professional activities

In 1998 he returns to Moldova, where for four years he was principal consultant within the parliamentary Commission for Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova. During that period, he began to teach international law at the Public Administration Academy under the President of the Republic of Moldova. He worked as a lecturer until 2004.

In 2002 he became senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Moldova, where he worked until 2010. He was responsible for managing a wide range of projects in the areas of taxation of individuals and businesses, expatriate tax consultancy, legal advice and other. For a short time in 2010 he served as general manager of Prime Management company, where he was the leader of a team responsible for the management of businesses in different fields and industries including: financial – banking, real estate, media, hospitality and services. He was a member of the Moldovan International Law Association and CEO of the Moldovan Business People Association.[3] At the end of the same year he was elected member of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova and member of the Parliamentary Committee Legal, Appointments and Immunities.

In 2012, the National Political Council of the Democratic Party of Moldova elected Andrian Candu as vice-president of the party.[5]

In May 2013 he became Vice-President of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova, a position he held until July 2014 when he was appointed by order of the President of Moldova Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy.[6] Half a year later, on January 23, 2015 he was elected President of the Moldovan Parliament with the votes of 59 lawmakers.[1][3]

In October 2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova temporarily suspended Igor Dodon from fulfilling his presidential duties due to his refusal to appoint the minister of defence Eugen Sturza, proposed by the parliament. On October 24, 2017 (for the period necessary for the approval of the Minister of Defence), the duties of the President of Moldova were assigned to Andrian Candu[7].

On January 2, 2018, the powers of Dodon were again temporarily suspended by a decision of the Constitutional Court of Moldova due to the fact that Dodon has rejected twice the candidatures of members of the government proposed by the Prime Minister; Candu again became the interim President of the Republic of Moldova[8]. On January 5, 2018, Dodon's powers were again temporarily suspended due to the fact that he twice refused to sign the Law on the Suppression of Foreign Propaganda, adopted by the parliament at the end of 2017. On September 24, 2018, the powers of Dodon were again temporarily suspended by a decision of the Constitutional Court of Moldova due to the fact that Dodon twice rejected the candidatures of members of the government proposed by the Prime Minister[9][10]. On December 10, 2018, he again served as president due to Dodon's refusal to sign 4 laws.[11]

According to the last opinion polls carried out in 2019 related to the most popular politicians of the Republic of Moldova, Andrian Candu is placed by some polls on the 10th position among the politicians which are highly trusted by the Moldovans [12][13] and by some polls on the 13th position.[14]

On February 19, 2020 Andrian Candu, together with a group of MPs, left the faction of the Democrats and the Democratic party.[15][16] On February 20, 2020 they announced at the press conference about the establishment of the Pro Moldova parliamentary group.[17][18] On June 22, 2020, the Parliament group Pro Moldova became the political party, and the Adrian Candu is the president of this Party.[19]

Publications

During the period of his professional activities, Andrian Candu has prepared materials for publication and publications including:

  • "The contract of sale – the difference between English and the Romanian law",
  • "European Parliament, organization and activity",
  • "International Commercial Arbitration: the difference between Moldavian, Romanian and Russian",
  • "Commonwealth of Independent States, success or failure?",
  • "Abuses of double taxation treaties",
  • "Evolution of tax treaties – country report, Romania".[3][4]

Personal life

Andrian Candu is married with Zuzana Stasna and has three children, Daniel, Vera and Adam.[3][20] Andrian Candu speaks fluent in English and Russian.

Honours

In April 2015, by a decree of the former President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti, Andrian Candu was awarded the Order of Honor. The politician has received this state award for appreciation of the contribution to reforms based on European values and standards, for outstanding achievements in ensuring the negotiation, signing and ratification of the Association Agreement Moldova – European Union, for contribution to visa liberalization with EU Member States and Schengen.[21]

In 2018 he was awarded by Liviu Dragnea with the Parliament, necklace which is the highest award of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament.[22]

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References
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  5. "Standing Bureau of Democratic Party of Moldova". Archived from the original on 25 March 2017.
  6. "Ministry of Economy of Republic of Moldova".
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  14. "Partidele care ar ajunge in legislativ daca duminica viitoare ar avea loc alegeri parlamentare. Top trei politicieni care se bucura de cea mai mare incredere. Sondaj iData", protv.md, retrieved 18 February 2019
  15. "Candu a vorbit cu Plahotniuc înainte de a pleca din PDM. Ce sfat a primit de la fostul lider al partidului", Tv8.md/2020/02/19/candu-a-vorbit-cu-plahotniuc-inainte-de-a-pleca-din-pdm-ce-sfat-a-primit-de-la-fostul-lider-al-partidului/, retrieved 12 March 2020
  16. "Candu, Sîrbu, Cebotari și alți democrați au părăsit PDM", Sputnik Moldavian, retrieved 12 March 2020
  17. "Șase ex-democrați au constituit grupul parlamentar "Pro Moldova" - #diez", Diez.md/2020/02/20/sase-ex-democrati-au-constituit-grupul-parlamentar-pro-moldova/, retrieved 12 March 2020
  18. "Constituirea Grupului parlamentar PRO MOLDOVA", YouTube, retrieved 12 March 2020
  19. "Partidul politic Pro Moldova, înregistrat oficial. Candu: „Pro Moldova își va începe activitatea politică"", Tv8.md/2020/06/22/partidul-politic-pro-moldova-inregistrat-oficial-candu-pro-moldova-isi-va-incepe-activitatea-politica/, retrieved 2 July 2020
  20. "Andrian Candu, father for the third time", prime.md".
  21. "President Nicolae Timofti granted state awards to a group of citizens", presedinte.md".
  22. "Dragnea și Tăriceanu, decorați cu Medalia Democrației". Sputnik. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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