Iurie Colesnic (born 12 August 1955 in

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, Călăraşi) is a technical literature corrector, former publishing director, literary historian,

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and

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of the

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Biography

Iurie Colesnic was born on 12 August 1955 in the village of

, Calarasi district, in a family of

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s. He was a Komsomol member (1969-1983). He graduated from the faculty of energy at the

Technical University of Moldova The Technical University of Moldova (UTM; ro, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei) is a higher technical educational institution located in Chișinău, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), ...

in 1978. Iurie Colesnic has been a member of the

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since 2009 and has been a member of the

European Action Movement Save Bessarabia Union ( ro, Uniunea Salvați Basarabia, USB), previously known as European Action Movement is a political party from Moldova. The party supportes the unification of Romania and Moldova. On 21 July 2019, the party changed its name f ...

since 2010. Before Colesnic had been a member of the

Party Alliance Our Moldova The Our Moldova Alliance ( ro, Partidul Alianță Moldova Noastră, en, Party Alliance Our Moldova, AMN) was a social-liberal political party in Moldova led by Serafim Urechean, former mayor of Chișinău. It merged into the Liberal Democratic P ...

Works

* Binecuvântare, 1989 * Buburuza, 1991 * Harap Alb (în colaborare), 1991 * Filozofii din Cubolta, 1997

Awards

* Medalia ''Sfântul Daniil'' (2000). * Membru - Correspondent al Academiei Internaţionale de Cadre (Kiev, 2000). * Doctor „Honoris Cauza” al Universităţii Umaniste (Chişinău, 2000)

Bibliography

* Tudor Ţopa.Condamnaţi la zbucium. Chişinău. Ed. Universul. 2003, pp. 224 * Petru Soltan (colectiv). Calendar Naţional. * Tudor Ţopa. Voievozii inspiraţiei. Chişinău. 2007.

External links

Catalogul on-line Library of Congress

Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova

Alianţa Moldova Noastră

References

1955 births Living people Romanian people of Moldovan descent Our Moldova Alliance politicians Moldovan MPs 2009–2010 Save Bessarabia Union politicians {{Moldova-politician-stub Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova)