The Delegation of the European Union to Moldova ( ro, Delegația Uniunii Europene în Republica Moldova) was established to facilitate relations between

Moldova and the European Union Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistri ...

. It is located in

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

's capital, Chișinău.

History

The

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

opened up a new office in Moldova on October 6, 2005, headed by

Cesare de Montis Cesare de Montis is an official of the European Union. He was the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Moldova (October 2005 – November 2009). Biography In October 2005, Cesare de Montis became the first Head of the Delegation of t ...

. The

interim President of Moldova The President of the Republic of Moldova () is the head of state of Moldova. The current president is Maia Sandu, who assumed office on 24 December 2020. Duties and functions The office of the presidency in Moldova is largely ceremonial, w ...

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 ...

, awarded the Honour Order to Cesare de Montis in October 2009 at the end of his mandate in Moldova. The Head of the European Union Delegation to Moldova has been Ambassador

Dirk Steffen Schuebel Dirk Steffen Schuebel (born 1965) is a diplomat and economist from Germany. He serves in the European External Action Service (EEAS) as the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus since 2019. Previously he has been the Head of t ...

since November 2009. Before, Dirk Schuebel was the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. In April 2013, the appointment of Pirkka Tapiola as new Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova was announced. Tapilola was followed in 2017 by Peter Michalko, who in turn was followed by Janis Mazeiks in 2021. The ''Delegation of the European Union to Moldova'' is located at 12 Kogălniceanu Street, in Central Chișinău.

External links

Official Site

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Moldova–European Union relations

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Buildings and structures in Chișinău {{gov-stub

History

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