Valeriu Muravschi
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Valeriu Muravschi | |
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Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 9 April 1998 – 13 March 2001 | |
President | Petru Lucinschi |
Prime Minister | Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș |
1st Prime Minister of Moldova | |
In office 28 May 1991 – 1 July 1992 | |
President | Mircea Snegur |
Preceded by | Mircea Druc (as Prime Minister of the Moldavian SSR) |
Succeeded by | Andrei Sangheli |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 6 June 1990 – 28 May 1991 | |
President | Mircea Snegur |
Prime Minister | Mircea Druc |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 6 June 1990 – 28 May 1991 | |
President | Mircea Snegur |
Prime Minister | Mircea Druc |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sirota, Moldavian SSR, USSR | 31 July 1949
Died | 8 April 2020 Chișinău, Moldova | (aged 70)
Valeriu Muravschi (31 July 1949 – 8 April 2020)[1] was a Moldovan politician and businessman who served as the 1st Prime Minister of Moldova between 28 May 1991 and 1 July 1992.
Early life and career[]
Muravschi was born in Sirota, Orhei District on 31 July 1949. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the "Sergei Lazo" Polytechnic Institute in Chișinău.
Following his graduation, Muravschi had a series of jobs in various economic ministries for the Moldavian SSR: he was a senior economist at the State Committee for Prices from 1971 until 1976, chief of the Pricing Section of the Ministry of Building Materials Industry from 1976 until 1984, head of the Department of Finance from 1984 until 1988, and finally director of the Directorate from 1988 to 1990. He then entered Mircea Druc's cabinet and held the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991. He was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova in 1991.
Premiership[]
Muravschi's term as Prime Minister was dominated by the conflict in Transnistria.
Post-premiership[]
In 1999, Muravschi founded the (PNCD) and was president of that party until 2002. It subsequently merged into the Liberal Party (PL) and then the Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) in 2003.
On 31 July 1999, for "long and fruitful activity in the state, contributing to the socio-economic development of the republic and high professionalism", Muravschi was awarded the Order of Work Merit.[2]
Death[]
Muravschi underwent surgery and was hospitalized for two weeks. He suffered cancer, but the operation had been successful.
Later, his health deteriorated, he went into a coma, and he died in the hospital on April 8, 2020, aged 70.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "DOLIU! A decedat fostul premier al țării, Valeriu Muravschi" (in Romanian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Privind conferirea Ordinului "Gloria Muncii" domnului Valeriu MURAVSCHI[dead link]
- Popular Front of Moldova
- 1949 births
- 2020 deaths
- People from Orhei District
- Prime Ministers of Moldova
- Recipients of the Order of Work Glory
- Moldovan businesspeople
- Moldovan economists
- Deputy Prime Ministers of Moldova
- Moldovan people stubs