Cabinet of Moldova

Recean Cabinet
Recean Cabinet
; 21st Cabinet of Moldova
Incumbent
	Prime Minister Dorin Recean
Date formed	16 February 2023 ; (1 year, 327 days)
People and organisations
President	Maia Sandu
Head of government	Dorin Recean
Deputy head of government	Mihai Popșoi; Dumitru Alaiba; Vladimir Bolea; Cristina Gherasimov; Oleg Serebrian
No. of ministers	14
Ministers removed	12
Total no. of members	18
Member parties	PAS; Independent
Status in legislature	Majority government 62 / 101 (61%)
Opposition parties	BCS
Opposition leaders	Igor Dodon; Vladimir Voronin;
History
Election	2021
Predecessor	Gavrilița Cabinet

Cabinet of Moldova
Cabinet of Moldova
Romanian: Cabinetul de miniștri al Republicii Moldova
Overview
State	Moldova
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	Parliament ; (President's proposal)
Main organ	Cabinet of Moldova
Ministries	14
Responsible to	Parliament of Moldova
Website	gov.md/en

The Cabinet of Moldova (Romanian: Cabinetul de miniștri al Republicii Moldova) is the chief executive body of the Government of Moldova. Its function according to the Constitution of Moldova is "to carry out the domestic and foreign policy of the State and to apply general control over the work of public administration".^[1]

Structure of the cabinet

The Constitution states that "The Government consists of a Prime Minister, a first Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and other cabinet Members, as determined by organic law,"..

Moldova is a republic with a democratically elected government, acting according to the principles of parliamentarism.

Legislative power is vested in the Parliament. Executive affairs of government are decided by the cabinet.

The composition of the cabinet is decided by the Prime Minister. The current number of ministries is 14.^[2]

Ministries

The 14 ministries of the Cabinet of Moldova are:

Governments of Moldova

The following is a list of all governments since 1917. It includes the governments of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, which unified with Romania in 1918 shortly after its creation, and the administration of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was a constituent republic of the highly centralized Soviet Union from 1940–1941 and again from 1944–1991.

Moldavian Democratic Republic

Government	In function of	Until
Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet	21 December 1917	6 February 1918
Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet	6 February 1918	9 April 1918
Petru Cazacu Cabinet	9 April 1918	12 December 1918

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

Government	In function of	Until
Tihon Konstantinov Cabinet	2 August 1940	17 April 1945
Nicolae Coval Cabinet	17 April 1945	4 January 1946
Gherasim Rudi Cabinet	5 January 1946	23 January 1958
Alexandru Diordiță Cabinet	23 January 1958	15 April 1970
1st Petru Pascari Cabinet	24 April 1970	1 August 1976
Semion Grossu Cabinet	1 August 1976	30 December 1980
Ion Ustian Cabinet	30 December 1980	24 December 1985
Ivan Calin Cabinet	24 December 1985	10 January 1990
2nd Petru Pascari Cabinet	10 January	26 May 1990
Mircea Druc Cabinet	26 May 1990	23 May 1991

Republic of Moldova

Government	In function of	Until
Mircea Druc Cabinet	23 May 1990	28 May 1991
Valeriu Muravschi Cabinet	28 May 1991	1 July 1992
1st Andrei Sangheli	1 July 1992	31 March 1994
2nd Andrei Sangheli	5 April 1992	24 January 1997
1st Ion Ciubuc Cabinet	24 January 1997	22 May 1998
2nd Ion Ciubuc Cabinet	22 May 1998	1 February 1999
Ion Sturza Cabinet	19 February 1999	21 December 1999
Dumitru Braghiș Cabinet	21 December 1999	19 April 2001
1st Vasile Tarlev Cabinet	19 April 2001	19 April 2005
2nd Vasile Tarlev Cabinet	19 April 2005	31 March 2008
1st Zinaida Greceanîi Cabinet	31 March 2008	10 June 2009
2nd Zinaida Greceanîi Cabinet	10 June 2009	25 September 2009
1st Vlad Filat Cabinet	25 September 2009	14 January 2011
2nd Vlad Filat Cabinet	14 January 2011	30 May 2013
Iurie Leancă Cabinet	30 May 2013	18 February 2015
Chiril Gaburici Cabinet	18 February 2015	22 June 2015
Valeriu Streleț Cabinet	30 July 2015	30 October 2015
Pavel Filip Cabinet	20 January 2016	8 June 2019
Maia Sandu Cabinet	8 June 2019	14 November 2019
Ion Chicu Cabinet	14 November 2019	6 August 2021
Natalia Gavrilița Cabinet	6 August 2021	16 February 2023
Dorin Recean Cabinet	16 February 2023

Current Cabinet of Ministers

The Recean Cabinet is the Cabinet of Moldova led by former Interior Minister Dorin Recean since 16 February 2023.^[3]^[4]^[5] Following an airport attack, Recean reshuffled three cabinet positions.^[6]^[7]

The Governor of Gagauzia election in 2023, meant that Evghenia Guțul became the new governor, with a term starting on 19 July 2023.^[8]

Composition

Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers in the Recean cabinet
Title	Minister		Term of office		Party
Title	Image	Name	Start	End	Party
Prime Minister		Dorin Recean	16 February 2023	Incumbent		Independent
Deputy Prime Minister		Nicu Popescu	6 August 2021	29 January 2024		Independent
Deputy Prime Minister		Mihai Popșoi	29 January 2024	Incumbent		PAS
Deputy Prime Minister		Dumitru Alaiba	16 February 2023	Incumbent		PAS
Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Bolea	16 February 2023	Incumbent		PAS
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration		Cristina Gherasimov	5 February 2024	Incumbent		Independent
Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration		Oleg Serebrian	19 January 2022	Incumbent		Independent

Ministers in the Recean cabinet
Title	Minister		Term of office		Party
Title	Image	Name	Start	End	Party
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry		Vladimir Bolea	8 July 2022	19 November 2024		PAS
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry		Ludmila Catlabuga	19 November 2024	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Culture		Sergiu Prodan	6 August 2021	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Defense		Anatolie Nosatîi	6 August 2021	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization		Dumitru Alaiba	16 November 2022	Incumbent		PAS
Minister of Education and Research		Anatolie Topală	6 August 2021	14 July 2023		Independent
Minister of Education and Research		Dan Perciun	17 July 2023	Incumbent		PAS
Minister of Energy		Victor Parlicov	16 February 2023	5 December 2024		Independent
Minister of Energy		Dorin Recean	5 December 2024	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Environment		Rodica Iordanov	16 November 2022	13 March 2024		Independent
Minister of Environment		Sergiu Lazarencu	14 March 2024	Incumbent		PAS
Minister of Finance		Veronica Sirețeanu	16 February 2023	27 September 2023		Independent
		Petru Rotaru	28 September 2023	31 July 2024
		Victoria Belous	31 July 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Nicu Popescu	6 August 2021	29 January 2024		Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Mihai Popșoi	29 January 2024	Incumbent		PAS
Minister of Health		Ala Nemerenco	6 August 2021	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development		Lilia Dabija	16 February 2023	14 July 2023		Independent
		Andrei Spînu	17 July 2023	11 November 2024		PAS
		Vladimir Bolea	19 November 2024	Incumbent		PAS
Minister of Internal Affairs		Ana Revenco	6 August 2021	14 July 2023		Independent
		Adrian Efros	17 July 2023	19 November 2024
		Daniella Misail-Nichitin	19 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Justice		Veronica Mihailov-Moraru	16 February 2023	Incumbent		Independent
Minister of Labour and Social Protection		Alexei Buzu	9 January 2023	Incumbent		Independent
Governor of Gagauzia		Irina Vlah	15 April 2015	19 July 2023		Independent
Governor of Gagauzia		Evghenia Guțul	19 July 2023	Incumbent		Victory