Valerian Cristea (born 1 August 1950) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat, currently serving as Deputy Mayor of Orhei.[1][2] In 1998, Cristea was elected to the Parliament of Moldova as a Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova candidate and was reelected in 2001.[3] He was the Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006.[2] He was also the ambassador of Moldova to the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2009. Cristea studied at the Technical University of Moldova.[2]

Valerian Cristea
Deputy Mayor of Orhei
Assumed office
7 July 2015
Moldovan Ambassador to the Czech Republic
In office
16 January 2007 – 21 November 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Vladimir Filat
Preceded byMihail Laur
Succeeded byȘtefan Gorda
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
19 April 2005 – 15 November 2006
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Succeeded byVitalie Vrabie
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
24 March 2001 – 22 April 2005
Succeeded byNicolae Guțul
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
In office
22 March 1998 – 19 April 2001
Succeeded bySemion Drăgan
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Personal details
BornVîprova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

References edit

  1. ^ "Ex-deputy premier named deputy mayor in Orhei". IPN Press Agency.
  2. ^ a b c "Deputy Premier appointed ambassador to Czech Republic". IPN Press Agency.
  3. ^ "ADEPT : Political parties of RM : Elections' Results : 2001 Presidential Elections". www.parties.e-democracy.md. Retrieved 2023-07-06.