Anatolie Nosatîi (born 12 September 1972) is the
Minister of Defence of the
Republic of Moldova.
Early life and career
From 1987 to 1990, he studied at the Frunze Republican Boarding School in the Moldovan capital. After 1990, he studied in
Ukraine, attending a command school in
Kyiv before going to study at the
Military Academy in
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
. From 1994-2000, he served at the Chisinau Military College (now the
Alexandru cel Bun Military Academy
The Alexandru cel Bun Military Academy (AMFA; ) is the main military academy of Moldova. The mission of academy is to prepare officers for service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova in compliance with Euro-Atlantic requirements on in ...
), rising to the post of battalion commander. In the early years of the 2000s, he commanded the
22nd Peacekeeping Battalion. In that decade, he received American education within the
United States Armed Forces: first at the
Defense Language Institute (1999), the
Army Engineer School (1999), the
Army Command and General Staff College (2005), and the
National Defense University (2012). Over the course of six years until December 2014, he operated in the bureaucracy of the General Staff, before briefly serving as the Moldovan military advisor at the
United Nations Department of Peace Operations.
Minister of Defence
He was appointed on 6 August 2021 as part of the
Gavrilița Cabinet
The Gavrilița Cabinet () is the incumbent Cabinet of Moldova, led by former Finance Minister Natalia Gavrilița. It took office on 6 August 2021.
Gavrilița was previously proposed as prime minister by Maia Sandu in February 2021, but was rejec ...
. On 6 August, Nosatii was introduced by President
Maia Sandu and Premier
Natalia Gavrilița to the command of the
Moldovan National Army. Nosatii met a couple of weeks later with his Ukrainian counterpart
Andriy Taran
Andriy Vasylyovych Taran ( uk, Андрій Васильович Таран; born 4 March 1955) is a Ukrainian retired lieutenant general and politician. He was the 16th Minister of Defence of Ukraine. He is also a retired lieutenant general ...
in
Kyiv on
Ukrainian Independence Day
Independence Day of Ukraine ( uk, День Незалежності України) is the main state holiday in modern Ukraine, celebrated on 24 August in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991.
History
When Ukraine was still ...
to strengthen his country's cooperation with that the
Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Personal life
He speaks three languages:
Romanian (also referred to as
Moldovan in Moldova),
Russian, and the
French language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
. He has been awarded the Orders of Loyalty to the Motherland, the
United Nations Medal, and the
Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
Wh ...
.
Note
1972 births
Living people
Politicians from Chișinău
Government ministers of Moldova
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