Iurie Roşca | |
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Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 16 June 2009 – 25 September 2009 |
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Preceded by | Mircea Druc |
Deputy President of Parliament | |
In office 24 March 2005 – 5 May 2009 |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office March 1990 – May 2009 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Teleneşti, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
31 October 1961
Political party | Christian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present) |
Other political affiliations |
Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994) |
Spouse(s) | Larisa Roşca |
Children | Ştefan, Alexandra, and Oana |
Alma mater | Moldova State University |
Profession | Journalist |
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
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.
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.
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, 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 However, he only held that position until September of that year.