Iurie Țurcanu (; born 21 June 1973) is a

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n politician. He was born in Corlăteni, in the

Rîșcani District Rîșcani () is a district ( ro, raion) in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Rîșcani. The other major city is Costești. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 70,000. History Near the town Costești there are trac ...

. Țurcanu currently is the Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization of Moldova. This post was created on 6 August 2021 and is responsible for coordinating the activities of three Moldovan institutions: the E-Governance Agency, the Public Services Agency and the Information Technology and Cyber Security Service. In September 2021, Țurcanu represented Moldova at the international conference ''Connecting Municipalities in Digital Era: Best practices from the EU'' and talked about the problems and objectives of Moldova in the digital realm. Later, in December 2021, Țurcanu said that, during the tenure of the Gavrilița Cabinet, it is possible that Moldovans could start to engage on

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, although he did not give guarantees for members of the

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