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Ministerul Apărării | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 5 February 1992 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Moldova |
Headquarters | 84 Hîncești Street, Chișinău |
Minister responsible |
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Ministry executives |
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Website | army.md |
The Ministry of Defence (Romanian: Ministerul Apărării) is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova. It is the main executive body responsible for the managing of the Armed Forces of Moldova.
During the era of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, defence policy was handled by the Director General for Armed Forces, who was a member of the Council of Directors General. The following served in this position over the course of the republic's existence:
In addition, in the Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic, the position of People's Commissar of War in the Sovnarkom was occupied by Boris Gumpert.
It was founded on 5 February 1992. The official flag of the Ministry of Defense was established by Presidential Decree on 17 June 2014.[1]
The Ministry of Defense is currently responsible for carrying out the following duties:
The cabinet of the Minister of Defense assists the defense minister in organizing/managing the main subordinate institutions of the ministry. The cabinet is also responsible for organizing meetings and coordinating protocol.
The ministry has the following structure[2]
Military bands of Moldova fall under the command of the music service of the Moldovan National Army, which is currently under the supervision of the defense ministry. These bands follow the Russian and Romanian military tradition for military bands. The military bands of the army have performed and participated in international music festivals since 1997.[3] The military bands of the National Army's Chisinau Garrison include: the Presidential Band, with the army's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade also maintaining their own military bands.
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Major General Ion Costaș (born 1944) | 5 February 1992 | 29 July 1992 | 175 days | Independent | Muravschi Sangheli I | |
2 | Divisional General Pavel Creangă (1933–2004) | 29 July 1992 | 24 January 1997 | 4 years, 179 days | Independent | Sangheli I–II | |
3 | Valeriu Pasat (born 1958) | 24 January 1997 | 11 May 1999 | 2 years, 107 days | Independent | Ciubuc I–II Sturza | |
4 | Army Corps General Boris Gămurari (born 1958) | 11 May 1999 | 19 April 2001 | 1 year, 343 days | Independent | Sturza Braghiș | |
5 | Divisional General Victor Gaiciuc (born 1957) | 19 April 2001 | 15 October 2004 | 3 years, 179 days | PCRM | Tarlev I | |
6 | Valeriu Pleșca (born 1958) | 29 December 2004 | 11 June 2007 | 2 years, 164 days | MFN | Tarlev I–II | |
7 | Vitalie Vrabie (born 1964) | 16 July 2007 | 25 September 2009 | 2 years, 71 days | PCRM | Tarlev II Greceanîi I–II | |
8 | Brigadier General Vitalie Marinuța (born 1970) | 25 September 2009 | 27 February 2014 | 4 years, 155 days | PL | Filat I–II Leancă | |
8 | Major General Valeriu Troenco (born 1957) | 5 April 2014 | 18 February 2015 | 319 days | PPR | Leancă | |
9 | Colonel Viorel Cibotaru (born 1958) | 18 February 2015 | 30 July 2015 | 162 days | PLDM | Gaburici | |
10 | Anatol Șalaru (born 1962) | 30 July 2015 | 27 December 2016 | 1 year, 150 days | PL | Streleț Filip | |
11 | Eugen Sturza (born 1984) | 24 October 2017 | 8 June 2019 | 1 year, 227 days | PPEM | Filip | |
12 | Pavel Voicu (born 1973) | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | 159 days | PSRM | Sandu | |
(5) | Divisional General Victor Gaiciuc (born 1957) | 14 November 2019 | 16 March 2020 | 123 days | PSRM | Chicu | |
13 | Chief Commissioner Alexandru Pînzari (born 1973) | 16 March 2020 | 9 November 2020 | 238 days | PDM | Chicu | |
(5) | Divisional General Victor Gaiciuc (born 1957) | 9 November 2020 | 6 August 2021 | 329 days | PSRM | Chicu | |
14 | Colonel Anatolie Nosatîi (born 1972) | 6 August 2021 | 3 years, 164 days | Independent | Gavrilița Recean |