Tudor Ulianovschi (, born 25 May 1983) is a
Moldovan politician and
diplomat
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who was
Foreign Minister of Moldova
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Pre-history
The ministry was established on 1 February 1944, as the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Mo ...
between January 2018 and June 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Moldovan Ambassador to
Liechtenstein and
Switzerland
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Educational background
Ulianovschi’s academic background is in International Public and Trade Law, at the Free International University of Moldova (an LL.M. degree and a PhD candidate), the
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
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and the Diplomatic Institute of
Bucharest.
Diplomatic career
Between 2016-2018, he was the Moldovan top diplomat in
Geneva, serving as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as well as the Permanent Representative to the
United Nations Office in Geneva and Permanent Representative to the
World Trade Organization. During his mandate in Geneva, Ulianovschi served on and chaired various committees, including the Balance of Payments Committee of the WTO, the Trade and Development Board at UNCTAD the General Assembly at WIPO, and the Steering Committee on Trade at UNECE. He also has served at the Embassies of the Republic of Moldova in
Washington, DC (2007-2010) and
Doha (2013-2014), before becoming the Deputy Foreign Minister.
Foreign minister
As Moldova’s Foreign Minister, Ulianovschi promoted government decisions to open new diplomatic missions in
Africa,
Latin America,
India and Europe, During his mandate, Moldova ratified and implemented the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and became a member of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. He represented Moldova at the
World Economic Forum in
Davos
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in 2019. One of his major diplomatic breakthroughs achieved during his tenure was the adoption of
United Nations General Assembly resolution (document A/72/L.58) in June 2018 which called on the
Operational Group of Russian Forces to be withdrawn from Moldovan territory.
Personal life
He is currently married to Corina Cojocaru and has a child.
Besides his native
Romanian language, he is fluent in
English,
Russian,
French
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and
Arabic. He was a legal advisor to various
non-governmental organizations in the field of human and patient rights.
References
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Living people
Moldovan diplomats
Foreign ministers of Moldova
1983 births
Ambassadors of Moldova
Ambassadors to Liechtenstein
Ambassadors to Switzerland