Monica Babuc
Monica Babuc (born March 29, 1964 in Bardar, Ialoveni) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019.[1]
Monica Babuc | |
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Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament | |
Assumed office 18 June 2019 | |
President | Igor Dodon |
Prime Minister | Maia Sandu Ion Chicu |
Preceded by | Vladimir Vitiuc |
Minister of Education, Culture and Research | |
In office 26 July 2017 – 8 June 2019 | |
President | Igor Dodon |
Prime Minister | Pavel Filip |
Preceded by | Corina Fusu |
Succeeded by | Liliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 30 May 2013 – 26 July 2017 | |
President | Nicolae Timofti Igor Dodon |
Prime Minister | Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Valeriu Streleț Pavel Filip |
Preceded by | Boris Focșa |
Personal details | |
Born | Bardar, Moldovan SSR | 29 March 1964
Political party | Democratic Party of Moldova |
Other political affiliations | Alliance for European Integration |
Profession | Historian |
Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.
In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.[2] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan,[3] contrary to the position and ideology of the DPM leaders, Marian Lupu and Dumitru Diacov, who declare that they speak Moldovan and that they are Moldovans and not Romanian. At the local elections in Chisinau on June 14, 2015, Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.
Family
She is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, French and English.