Iurie Leancă
| Iurie Leancă | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Moldova | |
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In office 25 April 2013 – 18 February 2015 Acting: 25 April 2013 – 30 May 2013 |
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| President | Nicolae Timofti |
| Preceded by | Vlad Filat |
| Succeeded by | Chiril Gaburici |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration | |
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In office 25 September 2009 – 30 May 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Vlad Filat |
| Preceded by | Andrei Stratan |
| Succeeded by | Natalia Gherman |
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In office 27 July 2001 – 4 September 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Vasile Tarlev |
| Preceded by | Nicolae Cernomaz |
| Succeeded by | Nicolae Dudău |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 October 1963 Cimișlia, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party |
European People's Party of Moldova (2015-present) Liberal Democratic Party (2009–2015) |
| Other political affiliations |
Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (1998–1999) Alliance for European Integration (2009–2013) Pro-European Coalition (2013–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Aida Leancă |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
European People's Party of Moldova (2015-present)
Iurie Leancă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjuri.e ˈle̯aŋkə]; born October 20, 1963) is a Moldovan politician who was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 2013 until 2015. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2009 to 2013 as part of the First and Second Filat Cabinet.
Iurie Leancă was born on October 20, 1963, in Cimișlia. His father is Moldovan and his mother Bulgarian. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from 1986 until 1993, Leancă worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between May and October 1989, he served as second secretary at the Soviet embassy in Bucharest, Romania, first secretary in the political department of the foreign ministry of the Soviet Moldavia (1989–1990), and counselor of Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs specializing in European affairs (1990–1993).
Before the revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989, Iurie Leanca worked for the Soviet Embassy in Bucharest. Between 1993 and 1997, he was the Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of Moldova in Washington, D.C. Then, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2002, in the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms cabinets and in the Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (1). Also, he was the acting Foreign Minister of Moldova from 27 July to 4 September 2001.
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