Olga Cebotari

Olga Cebotari
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
for Reintegration
In office
9 November 2020 – 6 August 2021
PresidentIgor Dodon
Maia Sandu
Prime MinisterIon Chicu
Aureliu Ciocoi (acting)
Preceded byCristina Lesnic
Succeeded byVladislav Kulminski
Personal details
Born (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 32)
Chișinău, Moldova
Political partyParty of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova
Alma materPeoples' Friendship University of Russia
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
ProfessionPolitician, diplomat

Olga Cebotari (born 4 January 1992) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat. She served as Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova in the Chicu Cabinet.[1]

Career

Olga Cebotari was born on 4 January 1992 in Chișinău.[2] She studied International Relations at the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, Faculty of "Human and Social Sciences", Moscow, Russian Federation (from 2010 to 2014). In 2016, Cebotari graduated her master's degree in world politics at the diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Faculty of 'International relations and International Law'. In 2020, she completed her doctoral studies at the diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the specialty "political issues in International relations, Global and Regional Development".[3]

From 2017 to 2019, Olga Cebotari was director of the "Center for support of Moldavian Youth" in Moscow, the Russian Federation. Since 1 February 2020 she has been appointed deputy director of the Economic Department, Executive Committee in the Commonwealth of Independent States. On 9 November 2020, she became Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Moldova and served his position until 5 August 2021. On December 31, when Prime-minister Ion Chicu resigned, he recommended Cebotari to be the acting Prime-minister. However, the president Maia Sandu chose Aureliu Ciocoi to become the acting Prime-minister.

On 31 January 2022, Cebotari was elected by the Republican Council of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) as a member of the new governing body of the party.[4]

Personal life

Olga Cebotari is married to Romanian businessman Octavian Popa.[5] She speaks Romanian, Russian, Spanish and English. She also holds Russian citizenship.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mld Media Srl. "Cine este Olga Cebotari, noul vicepremier pentru Reintegrare". Noi.md. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ^ 10 noiembrie 2020 (2020-11-10). "DOC/ Vicepremiera pentru reintegrare Olga Cebotari ar deține cetățenia Federației Ruse – Ziarul de Gardă". Zdg.md. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 31 decembrie 2020. "ULTIMA ORĂ/ Maia Sandu l-a numit pe Aurel Ciocoi prim-ministru interimar – Ziarul de Gardă". Zdg.md. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Olga Cebotari și Maxim Lebedinschi au vizitat raionul Sîngerei". February 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Profile: Olga Cebotari". Profiles.rise.md. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. ^ Redacția (2020-11-10). "Biroul Politici de Reintegrare confirmă, indirect, Olga Cebotari are dublă cetățenie - Zona de Securitate". Zonadesecuritate.md. Retrieved 2022-02-20.