| Vasile Petru Tarlev | |
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| Prime Minister of Moldova | |
| In office 19 April 2001 – 31 March 2008 |
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| President | Vladimir Voronin |
| Deputy | Vasilie Iovv Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Preceded by | Dumitru Braghiş |
| Succeeded by | Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1963 Başcalia, Basarabeasca district, Moldovan SSR |
| Political party | Party of Communists |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Vasile Petru Tarlev (Bulgarian: Васил Петров Тарлев; Russian: Василий Павлович Тарлев) (born October 6, 1963) is a Moldovan politician, and was Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 until 2008.
He studied engineering and became a member of assorted economic councils. He was appointed Prime Minister on April 19, 2001.
Tarlev is ethnically a Bessarabian Bulgarian and was born in Başcalia, Basarabeasca district.
He resigned on March 19, 2008 in an unexpected move, saying that he wanted to make way for "new people." Parliament approved his resignation on March 20, and President Vladimir Voronin proposed Zinaida Greceanîi as his successor;[1] she was approved by Moldovan Parliament on 31 March 2008.[2]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Dumitru Braghiş |
Prime Minister of Moldova 2001—2008 |
Succeeded by Zinaida Greceanîi |
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