Marian Lupu (; born 20 June 1966) is a
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
n politician who was the President of the Parliament of Moldova between 2010 and 2013. From this position he served as Acting President of the Republic from 2010 until 2012.
Personal life
Marian Lupu was born on 20 June 1966 in
Bălţi. When Marian was six, the family moved to
Chişinău. His father, Ilie Lupu (b. 1938), was a mathematics professor at the
Moldova State University
The Moldova State University ( Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova.
History
The university was founded on 1 October 1946. Initially, it had 320 students enrolled in 5 faculties, Phys ...
. His mother taught
French language
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at the
Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy. He had been a member of
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
from 1980 until 1988 and a Member of
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
" Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
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, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspape ...
from 1988 to 1991.
Until 1983, Lupu studied at "Gheorghe Asachi" High School of
Chişinău. He studied Economics at
Moldova State University
The Moldova State University ( Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova.
History
The university was founded on 1 October 1946. Initially, it had 320 students enrolled in 5 faculties, Phys ...
(until 1987) and at
Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1987–1991) in
Moscow
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where he obtained his PhD in Economics. Lupu also attended stages at the Institute of the
International Monetary Fund
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in
Washington, D.C. (1994) and
World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
in
Geneva
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(1996).
Besides speaking his native Moldovan (Romanian), Lupu speaks
English
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,
French, and
Russian. Lupu was married in 1992 and has two children, Alexandra and Cristian.
Political career
He was named as Vice Minister of the Economy in the new
Communist
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Tarlev cabinet in June 2001. Two years later in August 2003, Lupu was promoted to full Minister of the Economy (5 August 2003 - 24 March 2005).
After the Communists won
re-election in 2005, Lupu was once again promoted, this time as
Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament. Marian Lupu was
Speaker of the
Moldovan Parliament from March 2005 to May 2009. But in December 2008, Lupu was not included by president
Vladimir Voronin in the composition of the Supreme Security Council. Lupu was a high-ranking member of the
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...
and was considered to be a leading candidate to become the next
Prime Minister
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after
stepped down; however, shortly before the second (unsuccessful) attempt to elect the next president on 3 June 2009, he left the PCRM, stating that it was not possible to reform the PCRM from within. Subsequently, he was offered membership and even leadership in the
Democratic Party of Moldova
The European Social Democratic Party ( ro, Partidul Social Democrat European, PSDE) is a centre-left, populist social-democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of t ...
, which had not cleared the electoral threshold in the first elections in 2009.
After
July 2009 parliamentary election, alongside
Vlad Filat,
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 ...
, and
Serafim Urechean
Serafim Urechean (born 2 February 1950 in Larga, Briceni District) is a Moldovan politician. He held the position of general mayor of Chișinău municipality (1994–2005) and interim prime minister of the Republic of Moldova (5 – 17 February 1 ...
, Marian Lupu signed the
Alliance For European Integration in a press-conference on 8 August 2009.
He was the candidate of the
Alliance For European Integration for
President of Moldova
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Duties and functions
The office of the presidency in Moldova is largely ceremonial, ...
up until the election of current president
Nicolae Timofti
Nicolae Timofti (; born 22 December 1948 in Ciutulești, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldovan jurist and politician who was President of Moldova from 23 March 2012 until 23 December 2016. He served as head of Moldova's Supreme Magistrate Council and wa ...
on 16 March 2012.
On 25 April 2013 Marian Lupu was sacked from position of President of Moldovan Parliament with 76 of 101 votes (
communists
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,
liberal-democrats,
socialists
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and some liberal-reformators).
Political views
Language and identity
In
controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova
A controversy exists over the national identity and name of the native language of the main ethnic group in Moldova. The issue more frequently disputed is whether Moldovans constitute a subgroup of Romanians or a separate ethnic group. While there ...
, Marian Lupu identifies himself as Moldovan ethnic and supported retention of "
Moldovan language" in
Constitution
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When these prin ...
as state language of Moldova. Though in 2010, in the TV talk-show "În profunzime" on
ProTV Chișinău, Marian Lupu stated: "''From a scientific point of view, I speak Romanian, from a political point of view – I speak Moldovan!''”. After two years, in the same talk-show Lupu stated: "''I changed my mind. Scientifically is not Romanian anymore, as I said previously, but the Moldovan
anguage''” Lupu supports the idea of the existence of the Moldovan people and Moldovan nation and the idea that Moldova is a distinct entity apart from Romania.
Others
In 2010 Lupu stated that "''It is a pride for Moldova that its soldiers marched on the
Red Square
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''” in the
2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Moscow Victory Day Parade of 2010 was held on 9 May 2010 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marks the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
It was the largest parade he ...
, going against other politicians who criticized the presence of the
Moldovan National Army's
Honor Guard Company.
Lupu: E o mândrie pentru Moldova că soldații au defilat în Piața Roșie - Politic - Jurnal.md
(archive
from original
References
External links
Moldova's turncoat president?
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1966 births
Acting presidents of Moldova
Democratic Party of Moldova MPs
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Living people
Moldova State University alumni
Moldovan economists
Moldovan MPs 2005–2009
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Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova politicians
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