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Born on May 25, 1941, in Corjova village, Dubasari rayon. Married, has a son and daughter.

Education:

• 1961 — Cooperative College in Chisinau;
• 1971 — Institute of Food Industry of Moldova;
• 1983 — Academy of Social Science under the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
• 1991 — Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSR.

Profession:

• Engineer-economist, political scientist, lawyer.

Professional activity:

• 1966–1971 — Director of a baking factory in Criuleni, then Dubasari;
• 1971–1981 — Activity in rayon Communist party bodies, chairperson of the Ungheni Raion Executive Committee;
• 1980–1990 — Deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the MSSR of the X and XII legislature;
• 1983 — Inspector, later Deputy Chief of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova;
• 1985 — Department Chief of the Council of Ministers of the MSSR;
• 1985–1990 — First secretary of the Bender town Party Committee;
• 1989–1990 — Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, military degree: general-major;
• 1990–1993 — Reserves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Activity in state bodies of the Republic of Moldova:

• March 1998 — March 2001 — Deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova of the XIV legislature, leader of the Communist faction, member of the Permanent Bureau;
• On February 25, 2001 elected to the Parliament of the XV legislature;
• On April 4, 2001 elected as the President of the Republic of Moldova (71 votes out of 89 participants);
• On March 6, 2004 elected to the Parliament of the XVI legislature.

Party activity:

• October 1993 elected Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova;
• In 1994 elected first secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, re-elected as chairman at the party congresses in 1997, 2001, 2004.

Date of birth — February 29, 1952, Copaceni village, Singerei district, Republic of Moldova.

Education:

• 1969–1974 — State University of Moldova, Faculty of Chemistry;
• 1996–1979 — Doctoral thesis at the State University of Moldova, Chair of Physical Chemistry;
• 1985–1986 — Post-doctoral training at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Russia;
• 1989–1990 — Courses in the field of environmental engineering at the University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy;
• 1993 — Training courses “Ecological Management” at EERO, Holland;
• 1996 — Training courses “Environmental Impact Assessment” at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary;
• 2000 — Training courses “Environmental Education” at the University of California, Riverside, USA.

Honourable and Scientific Titles:

• 1979 — Doctor of Science, specialty 02.00.04 — physical chemistry, State University of Moldova;
• 1983 — Laureate of the Prize for Youth in the fields of science and technique of Moldova;
• 1989 — Habilite Doctor of Science, specialty 11.00.11 — environment protection, 02.00.44 — kinetics and catalysis, University of Odessa, the Ukraine;
• 1990 — Professor, State University of Moldova;
• 1992 — Correspondent Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova;
• 1996 — Was awarded the honourable title “Om emerit” (“Honoured Person”);
• 1997 — Member of the American Chemical Society, Environmental Department;
• 1999 — Member of the Central European Academy of Sciences and Arts;
• 1999 — Member of the International Academy of Informatics;
• 1999 — Member of the Pedagogical Academy of Russia;
• 2000 — Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova;
• 2000 — Doctor Honoris Causa, University “Gh.Asachi” Iasi, Romania;
• 2000 — Laureate of the State Prize for Science, Techniques, and Production of the Republic of Moldova;
• 2003 — Was awarded the Medal for Inventions of Belgium.

Managerial Experience:

• 1988–1992 — Head of the Chair of Physical Chemistry, State University of Moldova;
• 1992–1998 — Head of the Industrial and Ecological Chemistry, State University of Moldova;
• 1992–1995 — Dean of the Faculty of Ecology, International University of Moldova;
• 1992–2003 — President of the Republican Committee for awarding prizes to young researchers in the field of science and technology;
• 1994 — President of the Scientific Specialized Council for the nomination of the title of Doctor of Science;
• 1998–2001 — President of the Commission for Culture, Science, Education, and Mass Media of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova;
• 2000 — Honourable President of the Moldovan Research and Development Association of the Republic of Moldova (MRDA);
• 2004 — President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

Scientific Publications:

• Author of more than 30 monographs and manuals, 65 brevets, 350 scientific articles in the fields of physical chemistry, ecological chemistry, and chemical technology.
• Disciples of the Ecological Chemistry School: Ten doctoral students have defended their doctoral theses and six students are preparing their doctoral theses in the fields of physical chemistry and environment protection.

Additional Information:

• 1998–2003 — Expert of the INTAS European Program;
• 1999–2003 — Co-director of the project “Environmental Education Partnership Program” promoted by the University of California, Riverside and State University of Moldova;
• 2001–2003 — Co-president of the Moldo-Polish, Intergovernmental, Mixed Commission for commercial, economic, scientific and technical cooperation;
• 2001–2003 — Member of the administration council of the Regional Environmental Center (REC-Moldova);
• 2002–2003 — Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Mediul ambiant”;
• 2003 — Coordinator of the Republic of Moldova for the implementation of water supply program funded by the World Bank;
• 2003 — Co-president of the Danube Convention;
• 2003 — Member of the political focal point of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Owner of prizes and Gold and Silver Medals at International Exhibitions of Inventions:

• 1995–2003 — Brussels, Belgium;
• 1996–1998 — Budapest, Hungary;
• 1996–2001 — Iasi, Romania;
• 1997 — London, Great Britain;
• 1997 — Sofia, Bulgaria.

Political activity:

• 1998–2001 — Deputy in the Parliament of XIV legislature in the Bloc For A Democratic and Prosperous Moldova faction. Chair of the Parliamentary Commission on culture, science, education, mass media;
• 2001 — Deputy in the Parliament of the XV legislature in the Braghis Alliance faction;
• 2001–2004 — Minister of Environment, Constructions and Territory Planning.