| Embassy of Romania in Chişinău | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chişinău |
| Address | 66/1, Bucureşti Str. |
| Ambassador | Marius Lazurcă |
The Embassy of Romania in Chişinău (Romanian: Ambasada României în Republica Moldova) is the diplomatic mission of Romania to Moldova. The embassy is located in Downtown Chişinău, at 66/1 Bucureşti Street.
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Romania was the first state to recognize the independence of Moldova on August 27, 1991. The Romanian embassy was the first diplomatic mission in Chişinău and was opened on January 20, 1992.
Filip Teodorescu (born December 26, 1951) was appointed as the Romanian ambassador to Chişinău in March 2003 and arrived at post in April 2003. After postelectoral violences from 7 April 2009, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin announced that Romanian ambassador in Chişinău Filip Teodorescu was declared persona non grata and had 24 hours to leave the Moldovan territory. The following day, the Romanian parliament nominated a senior diplomat, Mihnea Constantinescu, as the new ambassador to Moldova,[1] but two weeks later, the Moldovan government rejected him without any explanation, deepening the crisis.[2]
Romania's Consul to Chişinău, Ion Nuică, forwarded his resignation on July 13, 2009, after a tape in which he was surprised in intimate scenes with a woman, supposedly employee at the Romanian Consulat in Chişinău.[3]
On February 9, 2010, the Romanian Parliament approved a new ambassador to Moldova.[4] The new ambassador Marius Lazurcă (b. 1971, Timişoara) has a PhD in history-antropology from Paris-Sorbonne University and was ambassador to Holy See.[5][6]
| Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Marius Lazurcă | 2010 | |
| Filip Teodorescu | 2003 | 2009 |
| Adrian Bălănescu | 2001 | 2003 |
| Victor Bârsan | 1999 | 2001 |
| Nichita Danilov | 1999 | 1999 |
| Marcel Dinu | 1997 | 1999 |