Prime Minister of Moldova


The prime minister of Moldova is Moldova's head of government. The prime minister is formally appointed by the president and exercises executive power along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support. Since 14 November 2019, Ion Chicu is the current prime minister of Moldova. He ousts Maia Sandu and her cabinet after their breakup just five months after Pavel Filip resigned. Prior to this, he serves as Finance Minister under Filip's cabinet.

List of prime ministers of Moldova

[Moldavian Democratic Republic] (1917–1918)

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars

; Parties
; Status
PortraitName
Took officeLeft officePolitical partyElectedCabinet
1Valeriu Muravschi
28 May 19911 July 1992Popular Front of MoldovaMuravschi
FPM
2Andrei Sangheli
1 July 199224 January 1997Democratic Agrarian Party of MoldovaSangheli I
2Andrei Sangheli
1 July 199224 January 1997Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova1994Sangheli II
3Ion Ciubuc
24 January 1997Resigned: 5 Feb. 1999
12 March 1999
Alliance for Democracy and ReformsCiubuc I
3Ion Ciubuc
24 January 1997Resigned: 5 Feb. 1999
12 March 1999
Alliance for Democracy and Reforms1998Ciubuc II
Serafim Urechean

Acting Prime Minister
5 February 199919 February 1999Independent
4Ion Sturza
19 February 199912 March 1999Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
4Ion Sturza
12 March 199921 December 1999Alliance for Democracy and ReformsSturza
5Dumitru Braghiș
21 December 199919 April 2001IndependentBraghiș
6Vasile Tarlev
19 April 200131 March 2008Party of Communists2001Tarlev I
PCRM
6Vasile Tarlev
19 April 200131 March 2008Party of Communists2005Tarlev II
PCRM
7Zinaida Greceanîi
31 March 200814 September 2009Party of CommunistsGreceanîi I
PCRM
7Zinaida Greceanîi
31 March 200814 September 2009Party of CommunistsApr. 2009Greceanîi II
PCRM
Vitalie Pîrlog

Acting Prime Minister
14 September 200925 September 2009Party of Communists
8Vlad Filat
25 September 200925 April 2013Liberal Democratic Party
Jul. 2009Filat I
PLDM–PL–PDM–AMN
8Vlad Filat
25 September 200925 April 2013Liberal Democratic Party
2010Filat II
PLDM–PL–PDM
9Iurie Leancă
25 April 201330 May 2013Liberal Democratic Party
9Iurie Leancă
30 May 201318 February 2015Liberal Democratic Party
Leancă
PLDM–PDM–PL
10Chiril Gaburici
18 February 201522 June 2015Independent2014Gaburici
PLDM–PDM
Natalia Gherman

Acting Prime Minister
22 June 201530 July 2015Liberal Democratic Party
11Valeriu Streleț
30 July 201530 October 2015Liberal Democratic Party
Streleț
PLDM–PDM–PL
Gheorghe Brega

Acting Prime Minister
30 October 201520 January 2016Liberal Party
12Pavel Filip
20 January 20168 June 2019Democratic PartyFilip
PDM-PL
13Maia Sandu
8 June 201914 November 2019Action and Solidarity Party2019Sandu
ACUM-PSRM
14Ion Chicu
14 November 2019IncumbentIndependentChicu