The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Procuratura Generală a Republicii Moldova) is a
government institution
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in
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 ...
, that works within the judicial power. It carries out and promotes observance of the rule of law, justice, protection of the rights and legitimate interests of the individual and society in criminal and other legal proceedings.
History
On 23 July 1812, the authorities of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
in
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
laid the foundation for the activities of the prosecutor's office in Bessarabia. In May 1818, a prosecutor was appointed under the provincial government, county prosecutors appeared in the districts and county prosecutors were established, and prosecutors were approved by civil servants. The regional prosecutor’s office existed in Bessarabia until 1859, when the Chisinau district court was created and prosecutors appeared at the district courts and the Court of Appeal. After the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...
and the
collapse of the Russian Empire, the
Moldavian Democratic Republic was formed on the territory of the right-bank part of the Bessarabian province, which lasted less than a year and became part of the
Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania ( ro, Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed in Romania from 13 March ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian ...
. By decree of the King
Ferdinand I on 6 October 1918, the prosecutor's supervision is carried out by the prosecutor under the leadership of the Minister of Justice, who was the general prosecutor. After the establishment of
Soviet power in Moldova on 2 August 1940, 6 district prosecutor’s offices were created in the following cities:
Balti,
Bender,
Cahul
Cahul (; also known by other alternative names) is a city and municipality in southern Moldova. The city is the administrative center of Cahul District; it also administers one village, Cotihana. As of 2014 census, the city has had a populatio ...
,
Chisinau,
Orhei and
Soroca
Soroca (russian: link=no, Сороки, Soroki, uk, Сороки, Soroky, pl, Soroki, yi, סאָראָקע ''Soroke'') is a city and municipality in Moldova, situated on the Dniester River about north of Chișinău. It is the administrative ...
. The procedure for the creation and powers of the prosecutor's office were established in accordance with the regulation on 17 December 1933. By decree of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 22 June 1941, Moldovan prosecutors were either enlisted in the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
or continued to monitor public order, labor discipline, the rights and interests of the military and their families. In the post-war period, the activities of the prosecutor's office were focused on strengthening the rule of law in various fields. In October 1947, the original district prosecutor's offices were liquidated with all city and district prosecutors being directly subordinate to the prosecutor's office of the Moldavian SSR. With the adoption of the
Constitution of the USSR (1977) and the
Constitution of the Moldavian SSR (1978)
The Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic of 15 April 1978 was the fundamental law of the Moldovan SSR, adopted in 1978.
History
At its Extraordinary Session of 15 April 1978, the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Socialist Re ...
, the position of the prosecutor's office was significantly strengthened. The modern Office of the Prosecutor General was created via a law adopted on 26 January 1992.
Structure
* Prosecutor General
* Deputy Prosecutor General
* Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office
*
Military Prosecutor
* Office of International Cooperation and European Integration
** Department of International Legal Assistance
** Department of Protocol, International Cooperation and European Integration
* Office of Criminal Prosecution and Forensics
** Division for the unification of criminal prosecution practices
** Anti-trafficking Unit
** Department of Information Technology and the fight against cybercrime
** Torture Unit
* Judicial Administration
** Division for the unification of judicial practice
** Division of Prosecution in the Supreme Court of Justice
** Division for representation in non-criminal proceedings and implementation of the ECHR
* Management of Policies, Reforms and Advocacy
** Department of Policies, Reforms and Project Management
** Department of Investigation of Crimes against the Environment and the Public Interest
** Department of Juvenile Justice
* Department of control over special investigative activities and ensuring the secret regime
* Special Prosecutors
* Department of Personal Data Protection
* Internal Audit Department
* Inspection of prosecutors
* Office of the Attorney General
**
Public Relations
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Department
**
Human Resources
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Department
** Department of the Secretariat, Petitions and Reception
* Financial and administrative management
** Department of Finance and Accounting
** Department of Public Procurement and Logistics
Prosecutor's General
* Semyon Kolesnik (1945-1949)
* Grigory Osipov (1949-1953)
* Akim Kazanir (1953-1970)
* Ivan Cheban (1970-1987)
* Nikolai Demidenko (1987-1990)
* Dmitry Postovan (1990-1998)
* Valery Katane (1998-1999)
* Mircea Yuga (1999-2001)
* Vasily Rusu (2001-2003)
* Valery Balaban (15 December 2003-8 February 2007)
* Valery Gurbulya (8 February 2007-2 October 2009)
* Valery Zubko (7 October 2009-21 January 2013)
* Corneli Gurin (18 April 2013-1 March 2016)
* Eduard Harunjen (8 December 2016-11 July 2019)
*
Alexandru Stoianoglo
Alexandr Stoianoglo (born 3 June 1967 in Comrat) is a Moldovan politician.
Biography
He was a member of the Parliament of Moldova in 2009-2014 and has been Prosecutor General of Moldova since 2019. On 5 October 2021, he was arrested under al ...
(29 November 2019-5 October 2021)
[Date biografice Alexandr Stoianoglo]
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* Dumitru Robu(acting), from 6 October 2021
Institutions
Supreme Council of Prosecutors
The Supreme Council of Prosecutors ( ro, Consiliul Superior al Procurorilor) is a representative body of self-government under the Prosecutor's Office of Moldova, which consists of 15 members: 6 permanent and 9 elected.
Permanent members include:
*Prosecutor General
*Prosecutor General of Gagauzia
Gagauzia or Gagauz-Yeri, or ; ro, Găgăuzia; russian: Гагаузия, Gagauziya officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia; ro, Unitatea Teritorială Autonomă Găgăuzia, ''UTAG''; russian: Автономное территор ...
*President of the Supreme Council of Magistracy
*Minister of Justice of Moldova
*Human Rights Ombudsman
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*President of the Bar Association of Moldova
5 members are elected by secret, direct and free ballot: 1 from the Prosecutor's Office, 4 from territorial and specialized prosecutor's offices and 4 more member on a competitive basis by proposal from the following: the President of Moldova, Parliament of Moldova, Academy of Sciences and the Government of Moldova
The Government of Moldova ( ro, Guvernul Republicii Moldova) is the government of the Republic of Moldova. It is housed on the Government House, Chișinău, Government House at the Great National Assembly Square, Chișinău, Great National Assemb ...
.
General Assembly of Prosecutors
The General Assembly of Prosecutors ( ro, Adunarea Generală a procurorilor) is an advisory body to the Prosecutor's Office. It consists of prosecutors of cities and regions of Moldova on a rotational basis, elected by the Supreme Council of Prosecutors.
References
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External links
Official website
General Prosecutor’s presentation page
Law enforcement in Moldova
Law of Moldova
Prosecution