Iurie Roșca Explained

Iurie Roșca
Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
Term Start:16 June 2009
Term End:25 September 2009
Office2:Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
Term Start2:24 March 2005
Term End2:22 April 2009
Predecessor2:Mihai Camerzan
Successor2:Grigore Petrenco
Term Start3:23 April 1998
Term End3:25 February 2001
Predecessor3:Dumitru Diacov
Successor3:Vladimir Ciobanu
Office4:Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Term Start4:3 September 1990
Term End4:22 April 2009
Birth Date:31 October 1961
Birth Place:Telenești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Party:Christian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present)
Otherparty:Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994)
Spouse:Larisa Roșca
Children:Ștefan, Alexandra, and Oana
Alma Mater:Moldova State University
Profession:Journalist
President:Vladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Primeminister:Zinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
President2:Vladimir Voronin
President3:Petru Lucinschi
Primeminister3:Ion Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiș
Primeminister2:Vasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
Parliamentarygroup4:Popular Front
Christian-Democratic People's Party
Alongside2:Maria Postoico

Iurie Roșca (born 31 October 1961) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.[1]

Biography

Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of Moldova State University. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei (The Youth of Moldova), a reporter for the National Television of Moldova, and an upper-level curator at the Dimitrie Cantemir Literature Museum in Chișinău.[2]

Political career

In 1989, Roșca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova (of which the PPCD is a successor). He was executive president of the organization from 1989 to 1994. Between 1990 and 2009, he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

In 2005, his party voted for the re-election of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin,[3] and he became the Parliament's vice-president (a post he also held from 1998 to 2001).

In June 2009, he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government[4] However, he only held that position until September of that year.

In summer 2024 Roșca was convicted of influence peddling over the construction of a building and sentenced to six years in prison.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jurnal.md/en/news/iurie-rosca-the-old-and-new-leader-of-christian-democrats-181223/ Iurie Rosca- the old and new leader of Christian-Democrats
  2. http://www.cato.org/events/tbilisiconf2006/speakers.html Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda
  3. Web site: Presidential elections / Elections 2005 / E-democracy.md . 2008-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070321133846/http://www.elections2005.md/comments/20050407/ . 2007-03-21 . dead .
  4. http://www.azi.md/en/story/3745, Moldova Azi, Politics, Iurie Roşca takes oath as Deputy Prime Minister, 17 June 2009, Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  5. News: Șase ani de închisoare pentru Iurie Roșca .