Vlad Filat

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Vladimir Filat

Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 25 September 2009 – 25 April 2013
President	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting) Marian Lupu (Acting) Nicolae Timofti
Preceded by	Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)
Succeeded by	Iurie Leancă
President of Moldova Acting
In office 28 December 2010 – 30 December 2010
Preceded by	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)
Succeeded by	Marian Lupu (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1969-05-06) May 6, 1969 Lăpușna, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political party	Democratic Party (1997–2007) Liberal Democratic Party (2007–present)
Other political affiliations	Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (1998–1999) Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
Spouse(s)	Sanda Filat Angela Gonța
Children	Luca Iustina
Alma mater	Cooperation College of Chişinău University of Iaşi
Religion	Moldovan Orthodoxy

Vladimir Filat (born May 6, 1969) is a Moldovan politician who served as Prime Minister of Moldova from 25 September 2009 to 25 April 2013.^[1]

Education and early career

Vlad is the second child of Maria and Vasile Filat and was born on May 6, 1969, in Lăpuşna, a commune in the Moldavian SSR. Alongside his two sisters (Ala and Valentina) and brother Ion, Vlad grew up in a part of Lăpuşna called "Talcioc". In 1986, he graduated from high school in his hometown. Between 1986 and 1987, he worked at the school radio station until he was called up for military service. He carried out his compulsory military service in the Soviet army (May 8, 1987 – August 15, 1989), in Simferopol and Sevastopol.

From 1989 to 1990, he studied at the Cooperation College (Kooperativny technikum) of Chişinău, going on to study law at the University of Iaşi (1990-1994). As a student, he was the leader of the "League of students from Bessarabia in Romania", an organization formed by Moldovan students in Romania. In Iaşi, among his classmates was Alexandru Tănase. While he was a student in Iaşi, he met his wife Sanda in the autumn of 1991; they dated for only three months before they married.

Between 1994-1998, Vlad Filat initiated and conducted more business in Romania. He was general director of "RoMold Trading SRL" in Iaşi (1994-1997) and the president of the Administrative Council of "Dosoftei" company in Iaşi (1997-1998).

Early political activity

Filat was a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova from 1997, when the party was founded, until 2007.

Having returned to Moldova for good in 1998, he was appointed general director of the Department of Privatization and State Property Administration from the Ministry of Economy and Reform of the Government of the Republic of Moldova (1998-1999).

He was a State minister in the Ion Sturza cabinet of Alliance for Democracy and Reforms from 12 March 1999 to 12 November 1999.

In 2000, Filat was elected Vice-President of the Democratic Party. In the 2005 parliamentary election, he became a member of the Moldovan Parliament. Until March 2009, he was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Commission for Security, Public Order, and Defense. He was also a member of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

He ran for Mayor of Chişinău in the 2007 local election and won 8.32% of the vote, in fourth place. Soon after the local election, in September 2007, he left the Democratic Party after ten years of political activity inside the party.

Filat has been the President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova since December 2007.

Moldovan parliamentary election, 2009

Main articles: Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009 and Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009

In the April 2009 parliamentary election, his party won 15 seats and in the July 2009 parliamentary election PLDM became the second party in the country with 18 seats and the first party within the Alliance For European Integration.

Alliance for European Integration

Main article: Alliance for European Integration

After the July 2009 parliamentary election, alongside Mihai Ghimpu, Marian Lupu, and Serafim Urechean, Vlad Filat signed the Alliance For European Integration in a press-conference on August 8, 2009. Towards the end of August 2009, he became the candidate of the Alliance For European Integration for the post of Prime Minister of Moldova.

Prime minister

Main articles: Prime Minister of Moldova, Cabinet of Moldova, and Vlad Filat Cabinet

The Constitutional Court of Moldova confirmed earlier on September 17, 2009 the legitimacy of Mihai Ghimpu's position as Acting President of Moldova, which gave him the right to nominate a prime minister. On the same day, Ghimpu signed a decree nominating Filat for the office of prime minister. Earlier on September 17, the parliament approved a new government structure; according to the draft structure, the number of ministries remains unchanged at 16 but their names and responsibilities have been changed.^[2]

The Alliance for European Integration gave a vote of confidence to the new government headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Filat at a plenary meeting on September 25, 2009.

On March 8, 2013 Filat was dismissed by motion of censure of the Parliament, although President Nicolae Timofti asked him to form a new government. However, on April 22, 2013, the Constitutional Court ruled that a Prime Minister (other than Filat) should be appointed in an interim capacity. The President appointed Iurie Leancă as Acting Prime Minister on April 25, 2013.

Family

Filat has divorced Sanda Filat in August 2012, psychologist, and they have two children: Luca (b. 1995) and Iustina (b. 1998).

Gallery

Filat on April 7, 2009, during the protests
Filat and Herman Van Rompuy
Traian Băsescu and Filat
Mikheil Saakashvili and Filat
Filat and Yulia Tymoshenko
Filat and José Manuel Barroso
Filat and Mart Laar
Sali Berisha, Nikola Gruevski and Filat
Wilfried Martens and Filat
Filat and Valdis Dombrovskis

Notes

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Political offices
Preceded by Vitalie Pîrlog Acting	Prime Minister of Moldova 2009–2013	Succeeded by Iurie Leancă
Preceded by Mihai Ghimpu Acting	President of Moldova Acting 2010	Succeeded by Marian Lupu Acting

v t e Leaders of Moldova

Moldavian Republic	Ion Inculeț

Moldavian SSR	Piotr Borodin Nikita Salogor (acting) Nicolae Coval Leonid Brezhnev Dimitri Gladki Zinovie Serdiuk Ivan Bodiul Semion Grossu Petru Lucinschi Grigore Eremei

Republic of Moldova	Mircea Snegur Petru Lucinschi Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Vlad Filat (acting) Marian Lupu (acting) Nicolae Timofti

v t e Prime Ministers of Moldova

Moldavian DR	Pantelimon Erhan Daniel Ciugureanu Petru Cazacu

Moldavian SSR	Tihon Konstantinov Nicolae Coval Gherasim Rudi Alexandru Diordiță Petru Pascari Semion Grossu Ion Ustian Ivan Călin Petru Pascari Mircea Druc

Republic of Moldova	Valeriu Muravschi Andrei Sangheli Ion Ciubuc Serafim Urechean* Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog* Vlad Filat Iurie Leancă

* denotes acting.

v t e Second Filat Cabinet

Prime Minister	Vlad Filat

Deputy Prime Ministers	Iurie Leancă Mihai Moldovanu Valeriu Lazăr Eugen Carpov

State minister	Victor Bodiu

Ministers	Victor Catan Alexei Roibu Dorin Recean Veaceslav Negruță Alexandru Tănase Oleg Efrim Andrei Usatîi Vitalie Marinuța Gheorghe Șalaru Anatol Șalaru Ion Cebanu Marcel Răducan Valentina Buliga Boris Focșa Mihail Șleahtițchi Vasile Bumacov Pavel Filip

Ex-officio members	Governor of Gagauzia Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

v t e First Filat Cabinet

Prime Minister	Vlad Filat

Deputy Prime Ministers	Iurie Leancă Ion Negrei Valeriu Lazăr Victor Osipov

State minister	Victor Bodiu

Ministers	Iurie Leancă Valeriu Lazăr Victor Catan Alexandru Tănase Vladimir Hotineanu Veaceslav Negruţă Vitalie Marinuţa Ion Cebanu Gheorghe Şalaru Anatol Şalaru Valentina Buliga Marcel Răducan Boris Focşa Valeriu Cosarciuc Leonid Bujor Alexandru Oleinic

Ex-officio members	Governor of Gagauzia Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

v t e Alliance for European Integration

Topics	July 2009 election Presidential election, November–December 2009 Constitutional Reform 2010 Constitutional Referendum Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship 2010 parliamentary election 2011 presidential election

Parties	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Liberal Party (Moldova) Democratic Party of Moldova Party Alliance Our Moldova (2009-2010)

First Cabinet	Filat Bodiu Bujor Buliga Catan Cebanu Cosarciuc Focșa Hotineanu Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Negrei Negruță Oleinic Osipov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase

Second Cabinet	Filat Leancă (acting) Șleahtițchi Sandu Buliga Roibu Recean Cebanu Țâcu Bumacov Focșa Usatîi Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Moldovanu Negruță Filip Carpov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase Efrim

PLDM MPs	Filat Tănase Godea Palihovici Nagacevschi Țap Vieru Balan Hotineanu Leancă Ghilețchi Șleahtițchi Agache Cimbriciuc Furdui Ioniță Streleț Butmalai Ionaș Ciobanu Olaru

PL MPs	Chirtoacă Ghimpu Șalaru Fusu Cojocaru Arhire Brega Vacarciuc Bodrug Guțu Hadârcă Nemerenco I. Lupu Moldovanu Vieru Apostol

PD MPs	M. Lupu Lazăr Corman Popov Băieșu Diacov Serebrian Stoianoglo Răducan Guma Ghilaș Buliga Jantuan Nantoi Arpentin Stratan Guznac

AMN MPs	Serafim Urechean Veaceslav Untilă Ion Pleșca Leonid Bujor Vasile Balan Iurie Colesnic Veaceslav Platon Valentin Chepteni

Cojocaru Commission	Cojocaru Cașu Musteață Tașcă Bahnaru Beșleagă Casian Chircă Crudu Cușco Dragnev Enciu Eșanu Juc Moșanu Negru Negură Olaru-Cemîrtan Palade Parasca Petrencu Postică Sîrbu Smochină Stăvilă Șarov Șișcanu Tihonov Țîcu Varta

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Name	Filat, Vlad
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Date of birth	1969-05-06
Place of birth	Lăpuşna, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
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