Valeriu Muravschi
| Valeriu Muravschi | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Moldova | |
| In office 28 May 1991 – 1 July 1992 | |
| President | Mircea Snegur |
| Preceded by | Mircea Druc |
| Succeeded by | Andrei Sangheli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1949 Sirota, Moldovan SSR |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Valeriu Muravschi (born July 31, 1949 in Sirota, Orhei District) is a Moldovan politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Moldova between 28 May 1991 and 1 July 1992.
Early life and career
Muravschi was born in Sirota, Orhei District on 31 July 1949. He graduated from the Facultatea de Economie a Institutul Politehnic „Serghei Lazo"—the Polytechnic Institute of Economics "Sergei Lazo"—in Chişinău.
After graduation, Muravschi had a series of jobs in various economic ministries for the Moldavian SSR: he was a senior economist at the State Committee for Prices from 1971 until 1976, chief of Pricing Section of the Ministry of Industry of Building Materials from 1976 until 1984, head of the Department of Finance from 1984 until 1988, and finally director of the Directorate from 1988-1990. He then entered Mircea Druc's cabinet and held the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991. He was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova in 1991.
Prime Ministership
Muravschi's term was dominated by the conflict in Transnistria.
Afterwards
In 1999, Muravschi founded the National Peasant Party / Christian Democratic and was president of that party until 2002.
On 31 July 1999, for "long and fruitful activity in the state, contributing to the socio-economic development of the republic and high professionalism", Muravschi was awarded the Order of Work Merit[1]
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| Preceded by Mircea Druc |
Prime Minister of Moldova 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Andrei Sangheli |
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