Iurie Roșca

Iurie Roşca (born 31 October 1961, in Teleneşti) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.[1]

Iurie Roşca
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
16 June 2009  25 September 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)
Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
24 March 2005  5 April 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded byMihai Camerzan
Succeeded byGrigore Petrenco
In office
23 April 1998  25 February 2001
PresidentPetru Lucinschi
Prime MinisterIon Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiș
Preceded byDumitru Diacov
Succeeded byVladimir Ciobanu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
3 September 1990  5 April 2009
Personal details
Born (1961-10-31) 31 October 1961
Teleneşti, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political partyChristian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994)
Spouse(s)Larisa Roşca
ChildrenŞtefan, Alexandra, and Oana
Alma materMoldova State University
ProfessionJournalist

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]

Political career

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

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2008-11-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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