The Supreme Security Council (SSC) ( ro, Consiliul Suprem de Securitate, CSS) is an advisory body to the

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(concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the

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) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions. Its authority is vested in the

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. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Permanent members of the council since October 2009 have included the following:

Members

Maia Sandu Maia Sandu (; born 24 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 un ...

– President of the SSC;

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– Secretary of the SSC; Defense and National Security Advisor to the President *

Igor Grosu Igor Grosu (born 30 November 1972) is a Moldovan politician who is the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova since 29 July 2021. He has been a member of the Moldovan Parliament since March 2019. Grosu has been the leader (at fir ...

–

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Natalia Gavrilița Natalia Gavrilița (; born 21 September 1977) is a Moldovan economist and politician who has served as prime minister of Moldova since 2021. Gavrilița was previously proposed as prime minister by Maia Sandu in February 2021, but was rejected by ...

–

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* Lilian Carp – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order * Anatolie Nosatîi –

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Ana Revenco Ana Revenco (; born 21 May 1977) is a Moldovan politician. She serves as Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița Natalia Gavrilița (; born 21 September 1977) is a Moldovan economist and politician w ...

–

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* Alexandru Musteață – Director of the Security and Intelligence Service * Ion Munteanu – Acting Prosecutor General of Moldova * Octavian Armașu – Governor of the

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* Andrei Spînu – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development *

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– Deputy Prime Minister,

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* Oleg Serebrian – Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration *

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–

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* Dumitru Alaiba –

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Olesea Stamate Olesea Stamate (born 20 December 1983) is a Moldovan politician. She served as Minister of Justice from 24 June 2019 to 14 November 2019. Fadei Nagacevschi was appointed as her successor. She has a bachelor's degree in law from Moldova State Uni ...

– Chair of the Parliamentary Judicial Committee * Cristina Gherasimov – Secretary-General of the Office of the President * Veaceslav Negruța – Economic Advisor to the President * Vladimir Munteanu – First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Moldova * Tatiana Răducanu * Iulian Groza Whenever the new composition of the CSS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend. The composition was most recently changed in June 2019 by President

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following the

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that occurred. In wartime, the CSS is renamed to the Supreme Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in their position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

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Members

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