Dumitru Braghiș (; born December 28, 1957, the village of Grătieşti, today suburb of

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) is a

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n political figure. He is the current Moldovan Ambassador to

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and

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, appointed in mid-2020. He was the

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from 1999 until 2001. Then, he was a member of the

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, where he represented the

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. He was chairman of the Party of Social Democracy and deputy in the

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(2005 – 2009).

Biography

Dumitru Braghiș was born on December 28, 1957, in the village of Grătieşti,

municipality, in a family of peasants. In 1975, he finished a secondary school no. 1 in Chişinău and in 1980 he graduated Technical University, specialising in power engineering, working as an engineer-constructor at the Tractor's Factory. He has Ph.D. in Economics. Through 1981 to 1992 he held various eligible positions in the

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. In 1987 through 1988 he was an instructor in

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Communist Party of Moldova The Communist Party of Moldavia ( ro, Partidul Comunist al Moldovei, PCM; Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комунист ал Молдовей; russian: Коммунистическая партия Молдавии) was the ruling and the ...

. Braghiș was elected as deputy in the

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in 1989 through 1991. Through 1992–1995 Braghiș became the General Deputy Director of "Moldova EXIM" Association. Through 1995–1997 Braghiș was the General Director of the Department for Foreign Economic relations of the Ministry of Finance. In 1997, through 1999, Braghiș was the Deputy Minister of Economy and Reforms. Braghiș became the

in 1999 through April 2001. Since 2001 Braghiș has been a deputy in

. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a deputy in the lists of the

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, becoming chairman of this party. In July 2005, he was an independent candidate for the Chisinau City Mayor's General Election, gaining 20.65% of the votes. Since 2006, he has served as the chairman of the

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. He has also run for election on June 3, 2007, from the Party of Social Democracy of Moldova (PSDM). After the expiration of his mandate of deputy in 2009, until 2013 he worked in the private sector. On 27 November 2015, he became the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the

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.Decretul Președintelui Republicii Moldova nr. 1836-VII din 27 noiembrie 2015 He was dismissed from this role in early 2017. Dumitru Braghis speaks

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, French and

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. He is married and has a child.

References

https://china.mfa.gov.md/ro/content/ambasador

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