Natalia Gherman | |
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Prime Minister of Moldova Acting |
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In office 22 June 2015 – 30 July 2015 |
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President | Nicolae Timofti |
Preceded by | Chiril Gaburici |
Succeeded by | Valeriu Streleț |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova | |
In office 30 May 2013 – 20 January 2016 |
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Prime Minister |
Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (Acting) |
Preceded by | Iurie Leancă |
Succeeded by | Andrei Galbur |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration | |
In office 30 May 2013 – 20 January 2016 |
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Prime Minister |
Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (Acting) |
Preceded by | Iurie Leancă |
Succeeded by | Andrei Galbur |
Personal details | |
Born |
Chișinău, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
20 March 1969
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations |
Alliance for European Integration (2009–2013) Pro-European Coalition (2013–2015) Political Alliance for a European Moldova (2015) Alliance for European Integration III (2015–present) |
Alma mater |
Moldova State University King's College London |
Natalia Snegur-Gherman (born 20 March 1969) is a Moldovan politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova from May 2013 to January 2016.
Born in Chișinău in 1969, she is the daughter of Mircea Snegur, the first President of Moldova. She studied at the Moldova State University and completed postgraduate studies at King's College London. She joined the Moldovan diplomatic service, working in several different places before eventually becoming Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the OSCE from 2002 to 2006, and Ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland from 2006 to 2009.
In 2009, she became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Chief Negotiator on the Moldova–European Union Association Agreement, serving until 2013. In 2013 she became Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova, serving until January 2016. From June to July 2015, following Chiril Gaburici's resignation, she served as the acting Prime Minister of Moldova.
In February 2016, she was nominated as Moldova's candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations in the 2016 selection process for Ban Ki-moon's successor.