Vladimir Ţurcan | |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Slobozia, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
Party: | United Moldova Party |
Alma Mater: | Moscow State University |
Office2: | Member of the Moldovan Parliament |
Termstart2: | 9 December 2014 |
Termend2: | 4 September 2019 |
Successor2: | Alla Darovannaia |
Termstart3: | 17 March 2005 |
Termend3: | 24 December 2010 |
Office1: | President of the Constitutional Court |
Termstart1: | 19 August 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Mihai Poalelungi |
Termend1: | 23 April 2020 |
Successor1: | Domnica Manole |
Termstart4: | 13 March 2001 |
Termend4: | 25 April 2002 |
Office5: | First Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament |
Termstart5: | 12 May 2009 |
Termend5: | 14 August 2009 |
Office6: | Moldovan Ambassador to Russia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Armenia |
Termstart6: | 21 March 2002 |
Termend6: | 29 April 2005 |
President5: | Vladimir Voronin |
President6: | Vladimir Voronin |
Successor6: | Vasile Sturza |
Successor5: | Serafim Urechean |
Predecessor6: | Valeriu Bobuțac |
Office7: | Minister of Internal Affairs |
Termstart7: | 21 December 1999 |
Termend7: | 19 April 2001 |
President7: | Petru Lucinschi Vladimir Voronin |
Primeminister7: | Dumitru Braghiș |
Predecessor7: | Victor Catan |
Successor7: | Vasile Drăgănel |
Office: | Judge of the Constitutional Court |
Termstart: | 16 August 2019 |
Parliamentarygroup2: | Party of Socialists |
Parliamentarygroup3: | Party of Communists |
Parliamentarygroup4: | Party of Communists |
Primeminister5: | Zinaida Greceanîi |
Primeminister6: | Vasile Tarlev |
Office8: | First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs |
Termstart8: | 11 February 1997 |
Termend8: | 21 December 1999 |
President8: | Petru Lucinschi |
Primeminister8: | Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza |
Minister8: | Mihail Plămădeală Victor Catan |
Honorific Suffix: | OR |
Vladimir Țurcan (born 14 October 1954) is a Moldovan judge and former politician.
Vladimir Țurcan was born on 14 October 1954 and in the town of Slobozia, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova). In 1976 he graduated from Faculty of Law at Moscow State University. In 1985, he graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Political Science and Social Management. In 1988, he graduated from the Kyiv Higher Party School. From 1976 to 1982, he investigator in the Prosecutor's Office of the MSSR. From 1986 to 1990, he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Moldova. In the early 90s, he was General Director of the Moldavian-Belarusian enterprise Zubr. On 11 February 1997, he was appointed First Deputy Minister of the Interior.[1] He held the position until 21 December 1999.[2] On 21 March 2002, he was appointed as the Ambassador of Moldova to Russia.[3] He was also concurrently appointed as Ambassador to Finland.[4] He would later hold the posts of ambassador to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan[5] and Armenia. On 16 August 2019, he was appointed president of the Constitutional Court of Moldova.[6]
He was also a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2005 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2019.