Iurie Roșca

Iurie Roșca
Roșca in 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
16 June 2009 – 25 September 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
24 March 2005 – 22 April 2009
Serving with Maria Postoico
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded byMihai Camerzan
Succeeded byGrigore Petrenco
In office
23 April 1998 – 25 February 2001
PresidentPetru Lucinschi
Prime MinisterIon Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiș
Preceded byDumitru Diacov
Succeeded byVladimir Ciobanu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
3 September 1990 – 22 April 2009
Parliamentary groupPopular Front
Christian-Democratic People's Party
Personal details
Born (1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 (age 63)
Telenești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political partyChristian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations		Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994)
SpouseLarisa Roșca
ChildrenȘtefan, Alexandra, and Oana
Alma materMoldova State University
ProfessionJournalist

Iurie Roșca (born 31 October 1961) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.[1]

Biography

Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of Moldova State University. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei (The Youth of Moldova), a reporter for the National Television of Moldova, and an upper-level curator at the Dimitrie Cantemir Literature Museum in Chișinău.[2]

Political career

In 1989, Roșca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova (of which the PPCD is a successor). He was executive president of the organization from 1989 to 1994. Between 1990 and 2009, he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

In 2005, his party voted for the re-election of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin,[3] and he became the Parliament's vice-president (a post he also held from 1998 to 2001).

In June 2009, he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government[4] However, he only held that position until September of that year.

In summer 2024 Roșca was convicted of influence peddling over the construction of a building and sentenced to six years in prison.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Iurie Rosca- the old and new leader of Christian-Democrats, Journal Moldova, Politics, 21 Feb 2010, Retrieved September 15, 2010. Archived 2010-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda, CATO Institute, Speaker Biographies:, Iurie Roșca, Retrieved September 15, 2010. Archived 2006-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Presidential elections / Elections 2005 / E-democracy.md". Archived from the original on 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  4. ^ http://www.azi.md/en/story/3745, Moldova Azi, Politics, Iurie Roşca takes oath as Deputy Prime Minister, 17 June 2009, Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  5. ^ "Șase ani de închisoare pentru Iurie Roșca".