Iurie Leanca

Candidate of the European People’s Party of Moldova (PPEM)
	Diplomat, member of Moldovan Parliament, Chairman of European People’s Party of Moldova Electoral programRO Biographical Data

	Slogans We go West I can get more for Moldova

Born on October 20, 1963 in the town of Cimislia, Republic of Moldova.

1981–1986 — Moscow State Institute of International Relations, B.A. in international relations.

1993–1997 — Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to the USA
1998 — Ambassador on Special Mission of European Integration
1998–2001 — Deputy and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2001–2005 and 2007–2009 — Vice Chairman of “Ascom-Grup” company
2005–2007 — Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
2005–2009 — Vice Chairman of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (APE)
2009–2013 — Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Ist and IInd Filat Cabinets
2013–2014 — Prime-minister of Moldova
2015-present — unaffiliated member of the Moldovan Parliament

2014 — was awarded Moldova’s highest order, the Order of the Republic, by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti

Married, has 2 children.

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