Vasile Bîtca (born 1 December 1971) is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment from 18 February 2015 to 20 December 2017. At the

2014 Moldovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 30 November 2014. The result was described as "more a loss than a victory" of the incumbent pro-European coalition, with center-right parties divided by sharp tensions. The pro-Russian Party of Soc ...

he was elected as Member of

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as candidate of the

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, but in short time he left the office to become minister. Between 2007 and 2011 Vasile Bîtca worked as Deputy Mayor of

Nisporeni Nisporeni () is a town in Moldova and the administrative center of Nisporeni District. History The first historical appearance was in 1618. The Romanian People's Salvation Cross, the largest cross in Moldova, was built in 2011 in Nisporeni. D ...

City, and between 2001 and 2015 he served as President of

Nisporeni District Nisporeni () is a district () in west-central Moldova, with its administrative center at Nisporeni. According to the 2014 census, its population was 53,154; most (82.8 percent) are Moldovans. History The Vărzărești monastery was first mention ...

. Vasile Bîtca is married to Natalia Bîtcă,Miniștri cu lipici la banul public
/ref> with whom he has four daughters. On 18 May 2020, Bîtca joined, together with the politician Ghenadie Verdeș, the

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Pro Moldova, which became a political party on 22 June.

Honours

He has been awarded with the following honours:Ministrul Vasile Bîtca – Biografie
mdrc.gov.md *Order "Credinţă Patriei", class III (2012) *Medal "Crucea comemorativă. Participant la acțiunile de luptă pentru apărarea integrității și independenței Republicii Moldova (1991–1992)" *Medal "Pentru Vitejie" (1992)Decretul Președintelui Republicii Moldova Nr. 251 din 17 February 1992

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Vasile Bîtca
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