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Monica Babuc

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Monica Babuc
Babuc in 2020
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
9 March 2019 – 23 July 2021
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Party
In office
9 December 2014 – 18 February 2015
Succeeded byEugeniu Nichiforciuc
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Party
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
18 June 2019 – 4 December 2020
Serving with
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterMaia Sandu
Ion Chicu
Preceded byVladimir Vitiuc
Succeeded byVladimir Vitiuc
Minister of Education, Culture and Research
In office
26 July 2017 – 8 June 2019
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterPavel Filip
Preceded byCorina Fusu (as Minister of Education)
Succeeded byLiliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei
Minister of Culture
In office
30 May 2013 – 26 July 2017
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Natalia Gherman (acting)
Valeriu Streleț
Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel Filip
Preceded byBoris Focșa
Succeeded bySergiu Prodan (2021)
Personal details
Born (1964-03-29) 29 March 1964 (age 61)
Bardar, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyEuropean Social Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Alliance for European Integration
ProfessionHistorian

Monica Babuc (born 29 March 1964) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019.[1] During her tenure as Minister of Culture she approved the strategy "Culture-2020", laws on cinematography, public libraries, and scholarships.[2] She also helped create the Naitonal Center of Cinematography, the National Film Archive and the Cinematography Register.[2] She also announced in 2017 that the ministry would complete an evaluation of reform to schools.[3]

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.[4] From 2019 to 2020, she was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.[5] She was the interim chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova in 2021.[5]

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.[6] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan.[7] At the local elections in Chișinău on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.[8]

In March 2023 she became the head of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Chișinău.[9]

Early life

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She was born on 29 March 1967 in Bardar in the Moldavian SSR.[10] From 1981 to 1986, she studied at Moldova State University in the Faculty of History, and then afterwards completed her higher education at Moscow State University until 1989.[10] After graduating, from 1989 to 1990 she was a lecturer in the Department of Political History at Moldova State University, and was then from 1990 to 2001 a consultant to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media in the Parliament of Moldova.[10]

Family

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She is married and has a child.[11] In addition to Romanian, she speaks Russian, French and English.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Prim-ministrul Iurie LEANCĂ a prezentat-o astăzi colectivului instituţiei pe noua ministră a Culturii, Monica BABUC". web.archive.org. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ministrul Monica Babuc își sărbătorește cea de-a 55-a aniversare". Stiri. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ^ Grejdeanu, Tamara (31 October 2017). "Ministerul Educației a dat detalii despre cum vrea să dea îndărăt reforma școlilor promovată de Maia Sandu". Radio Europa Liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Monica Babuc". alegeri.md. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Monica Babuc, aleasă preşedinte interimar al PDM". Adevarul (in Romanian). 30 October 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Monica Babuc s-a înscris în cursa pentru Primăria Chişinău: Vin cu fapte concrete". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  7. ^ ""Eu vreau sa fiu primar" cu Lorena Bogza". Profunzime. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Alegerile primarului general al municipiului Chişinău din 14 şi 28 iunie 2015 / alegeri.md". www.e-democracy.md. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Monica Babuc, numită la șefia Institutului Cultural Român din Chișinău. Ce a spus despre legătura cu Plahotniuc". Ziarul de Gardă (in Romanian). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d "Monica Babuc - Ministru al Educației, Culturii și Cercetării | GUVERNUL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA". web.archive.org. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Monica Babuc". Ziarul National. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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