EDUCATION
2004 – 2005    “Ştefan cel Mare” Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Master of Law, Entrepreneurship Law

2000 – 2004  “Ştefan cel Mare” Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Law Department, Economic Law Specialty, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova (general average grade - 9.5, Bachelor Exam – 9.5)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2019 – present Chairman of the Legal Committee on Appointments and Immunities

2014 – 2019 Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Member of the Legal Committee on Appointments and Immunities

05.09.2011 – present Head of the Legal Department, Charity Foundation “SOLUTION“

06.10 2011 – February 2014 Chief Lawyer, State News Agency Moldpress (Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova)

01.12.2010 – 11.04.2012 Senior Lawyer, IMSP (Public Medical Sanitary Institution) Municipal Clinical Hospital no. 4

26.06.2009 – 26.06.2010 Trainee lawyer, BIA “Barrister Service”

2006 – 2009    Professional sportsman, International class Master of rugby, member of the rugby team of the Republic of Moldova, bronze medallist of the Rugby Europe Championship (Moscow 2007)

2006 – 2009 Legal services on the basis of contracts for legal services provision

January 2006 Lawyer, Moldovan-German Joint Venture “T.Schmidt Landbau”

ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES 
Legislation of the Republic of Moldova, diplomacy, politics and law, sports, reading etc.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Russian, French

Work experience         

2009 – present - member of Parliament (The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova)
1998 -  marketing and public relations manager at the Russian-American Green Hills Market S.R.L. (Green Hills Market S.R.L)

Education and training 

2004-2005 - "Ovidiu Şincai" Postgraduate Academic School, Bucharest, Political Management Specialization (MA in Political Management)
2004 - European Institute for Political Studies, Chisinau – Strasbourg
1998 – 2004 - Academy of Law of Moldova,  specialization - international public law (licensed in law)
1998 – 2002 - PhD student at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
1993 – 1998 – Trade Co-operative University of Moldova, Marketing, Specialization (Licensed in Economics)
1983 -1993 - The average school in Negureni, Teleneşti

Additional information

2018 – Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Moldova;
2008 - member of the Central Permanent Bureau and of the LDPM National Political Council
2004 - president of the Youth Forum "NEW MOLDOVA";
2003 -President of the Federation of Student and Youth Organizations in Moldova;
1999 - co-chair of the Federation of Student and Youth Organizations in Moldova;
1997 - member of the Board Directorate for youth problems and sports and youth Chisinau Municipal Council;
1996 - President of the Federation of Student and Youth Organizations in Moldova;
1993 - president of the League of Students from the Trade Co-operative University of Moldova.

EDUCATION

1998-2003 Doctor of Laws, State University of Moldova
1999-2000 Master of Laws, State University of Moldova
1992-1997 Bachelor of Laws, State University of Moldova
1988-1992 School of Pedagogy, Călăraşi

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 1997 – September 1998 - Trainee Lecturer, State University of Moldova

April 1998 – August 2002 - Lawyer, The Union of Lawyers of the Republic of Moldova

September 1998 – December 2004 - Lecturer, State University of Moldova

January 2001 – August 2002 - Deputy Head of Department, State University of Moldova

August 2002 – July 2003 - Chief of the Promulgation Service, Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova

July 2003 – September 2005 - Deputy Chief of the Legal Service, Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova

May 2002 – September 2005 - Chairman of the Certification Commission, Ministry of Justice of Moldova

December 2004 – September 2005 - Senior lecturer, State University of Moldova

September 2005 – November 2007 - Secretary I (consular functions), Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in the Republic of Hungary

November 2007 –September 2009 - Adviser to the President on Legal Issues, Head of the Department of Law and Public Relations, Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova

September 2008 – present Senior lecturer, State University of Moldova

April 2009 – August 2009 Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the XVII th Legislature

May 2009 – August 2009 Deputy Chair of the Legal Committee on Appointments and Immunities, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

August 2009 – December 2010 Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the XVIIIth Legislature

September 2009 – December 2010 Chair of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Public Order, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

January 2011 – September 2011 - Lawyer, The Union of Lawyers of the Republic of Moldova

February 2011 – October 2011 Member of the Central Electoral Commission

September 2011 – December 2014 Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the XIX th Legislature

December 2014 – March 2019 - Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the XX th Legislature

March 2019 – present - Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the X th Legislature
Chair of the delegation of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova to the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative
Chair of Moldova-Slovak Republic Parliamentary Friendship Group
Member of Moldova-Sweden Parliamentary Friendship Group

December 2019 – May 2020 - Deputy Chair of the Legal Committee on Appointments and Immunities, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

May 2020 – Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration

Professional Profile

- Expert on Transnistrian conflict, conflict settlement in the Black Sea Region, the impact of Russia’s policy on its Near Abroad and EU-Eastern Partnership relations.
- Co-author of the 3D Plan: Demilitarization, Decriminalization, Democratization for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.
- Extensive working experience in projects addressing conflict, development and capacity building for civil society and public institutions.
- Author of numerous publications on Moldovan political process, Russia’s impact on the post-Soviet space, information warfare, energy security, ethnic minorities.
- Member of the Board of the Foreign Policy Association, Moldova.

Work Experience

2019 - Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
o Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Public Order
2000 - 2019 - Program Director, Institute for Public Policy, Moldova
o Policy Research and Project Management)
2011 National Consultant, UNDP
o Concept of the National Strategy for the Settlement of the
Transnistrian Conflict
2010 Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
o Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Public Order
1999 – 2000 TV Producer at Teleradio-Moldova Public Broadcaster
o Bridges with Transnistria, Moldova Live
1998 - 2000 Head of the Department for Conflict Settlement, Government of the Republic of Moldova
o Organization and co-ordination of Department’s activities
o Working groups for the Transnistrian settlement
1992 - 1998 Manager Private Sector
o International Joint Ventures
1991 - 1992 Head of the Department for Political Analysis, Presidency of the Republic of Moldova
o Organization and co-ordination of Department’s activities
o Elaborating analytical materials for the President of the Republic of
Moldova and participation in the Transnistrian settlement
negotiations
1978 - 1991 Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova
o Solid-state physics’ research

Selected Publications

2016 Informational war: a typology of the informational aggression of the Russian Federation
2012 Gagauz autonomy and Transnistrian region: differences and similarities Competition of geopolitical interests in Eastern Europe: future prospects for the Eastern Partnership countries
2010 The perception of Russia in Romania, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine Russia-Ukraine 2009 Gas Crisis
2008 Societal security in the trilateral region or Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova

Project Management Experience

2015 Moldova between East and West: views from Gagauzia and Taraclia
2014 Messages for Europe: enhancing support for the EU-Moldova Association Agreement
2012 Strengthening civil society organizations capacities in the security zone of the Republic of Moldova
2011 Civil society’s policy support for minority integration in the Republic of Moldova
2009 The Black Sea Peacebuilding Network

Language Skills

Romanian (native), Russian (native), English (working proficiency), Ukrainian (working proficiency)

Hobby

Skydiving (1800+ jumps)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-present- Member of Parliament
Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
2013-2014- lawyer
Political Party “Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova”, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
2011-2014 - lawyer
Charity Foundation "Solution", Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2016-2018 - Master’s Degree Studies in Political Science
Institute of International Relations of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
2008-2011 - Bachelor’s Degree of Law
Moldovan State University, Faculty of Law, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
2001 - Theoretical high school “Meșterul Manole”, Causeni (Republic of Moldova)
1989-1998 - Secondary School of Sălcuța village, Causeni district (Republic of Moldova)