Ștefan Urâtu (born 9 January 1951) is a politician from

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Biography

Ștefan Urâtu studied at the Veterinary and Zootechnics College from Căușeni, Grigoriopol rayon (1966–1967). He carried out his

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in the

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(1969–1972), in

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. In 1977, he graduated from the State Pedagogical Institute from

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

, the department of physics and mathematics. Between 1988–1992, Ștefan Urâtu was pro-dean of the department of physics and mathematics of the Tiraspol State University. He has published over 30 scientific articles in the area of physics of metals and applying the radioactive isotopes. Ștefan Urâtu was a

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member of the Republican Council in the Tiraspol section between 1989–1992. He was politically detained together with the " Ilașcu Group" between 2 June and 21 August 1992. In 1990, he founds the first non-governmental association — the Committee for Human Rights from Transnistria in the Tiraspol-based section of the Popular Front. Between 1993–2009, he was the chairman of the

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in Moldova (elected in 1993, 1998, 2006). Ștefan Urâtu was an adviser of

Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of Parliament and Acting President of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2019. Ghimpu held the p ...

after 12 February 2010. He was a deputy in the

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in 2010. He was decorated, by a presidential decree, with Moldova's highest

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– the Order of the Republic. Since 2011, Ștefan Urâtu was Vice-President of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova.

Awards

* The Order of the Republic - Moldova's highest

References

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Biographical Data

Ștefan Urâtu a fost numit consilier prezidențial pe probleme politice

Members of "Ilascu Group", awarded „Ordinul Republicii"
* Jurnal de Chişinău
Membrii grupului Ilaşcu, decoraţi cu Ordinul Republicii
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uratu, Stefan 1951 births Living people Moldovan activists Ilașcu Group Popular Front of Moldova politicians Politics of Transnistria History of Transnistria since 1991 Moldovan human rights activists People from Dubăsari District Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova)