Vasile Tarlev (born October 6, 1963) 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.
Background and earlier life
He studied engineering and became a member of assorted economic councils. After
2001 Moldovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 25 February 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which w ...
, He was appointed Prime Minister on April 19, 2001. This is the first time since 1990 that the Communists won a parliamentary election.
Tarlev is ethnically a
Bessarabian Bulgarian and was born in
Bașcalia,
Basarabeasca district
Basarabeasca () is a district ( ro, raion) in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Basarabeasca.
History
From 1393 to 1538, the region was part of the principality of Moldavia. In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the region ...
.
Prime Minister of Moldova
Tarlev served as
Prime Minister of Moldova
The Prime Minister of Moldova ( ro, Prim-ministrul Republicii Moldova) is Moldova's head of government. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the President of Moldova and exercises executive power along with the cabinet, subject to parliam ...
from 2001 until 2008, until 2017 he was the only prime minister to win two consecutive terms.
He resigned on March 19, 2008 in an unexpected move, saying that he wanted to make way for "new people." Parliament approved his resignation on March 20, and President
Vladimir Voronin
Vladimir Voronin (; born 25 May 1941) is a Soviet and Moldovan politician. He was the third president of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He ...
proposed
as his successor; she was approved by
Moldovan Parliament
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...
on 31 March 2008.
"Moldova's Parliament approves new government"
Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), March 31, 2008.
See also
* Politics of Moldova
The politics of Moldova take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, wherein the prime minister is the head of the Government of Moldova, and a multi-party system. The President of Moldova has no important po ...
* First Tarlev Cabinet
The First Tarlev Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova from 19 April 2001 to 19 April 2005. It was the first government led by Vasile Tarlev who was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 to 2008.
Cabinet of Ministers
The composition of the ca ...
* Second Tarlev Cabinet
References
Moldovan communists
1963 births
People from Basarabeasca District
Prime Ministers of Moldova
Bessarabian Bulgarians
Living people
Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova)
Moldovan people of Bulgarian descent
Communist rulers
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