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Vasile Tarlev
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Vasile Tarlev OR
	Tarlev in 2004
President of the Future of Moldova Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 February 2024
Preceded by	Valeriu Ianioglo (as President of Our Bugeac Party)
6th Prime Minister of Moldova
	In office; 19 April 2001 – 31 March 2008
President	Vladimir Voronin
Deputy	See list Vasile Iovv; Dmitri Todoroglo; Valerian Cristea; Andrei Cucu; Ștefan Odagiu; Andrei Stratan; Zinaida Greceanîi; Vitalie Vrabie; Victor Stepaniuc;
Preceded by	Dumitru Braghiş
Succeeded by	Zinaida Greceanîi
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
	In office; 6 March 2005 – 19 April 2005
Succeeded by	Anatolie Zagorodnîi
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
Personal details
Born	6 October 1963 (age 61); Bașcalia, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Moldova; Bulgaria (until 2024)
Political party	Revival Party
Other political; affiliations	Party of Communists (PCRM)
Alma mater	Technical University of Moldova

Vasile Tarlev (born 6 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 to 2008.

Background and earlier life

He studied engineering at the Technical University of Moldova and became a member of assorted economic councils. After 2001 Moldovan parliamentary election, He was appointed prime minister on April 19, 2001. This is the first time since 1990 that the Communists won a parliamentary election.

Tarlev is ethnically a Bessarabian Bulgarian and was born in Bașcalia, Basarabeasca district.

Prime Minister of Moldova

Tarlev served as Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 until 2008, until 2017 he was the only prime minister to win two consecutive terms.

He resigned on March 19, 2008 in an unexpected move, saying that he wanted to make way for "new people." Parliament approved his resignation on March 20, and President Vladimir Voronin proposed Zinaida Greceanîi as his successor;^[4] she was approved by Moldovan Parliament on 31 March 2008.^[5]

2024 presidential campaign

Tarlev's logo for his 2024 presidential campaign

On September 21, 2024, Tarlev announced that he would be running for President for the Future of Moldova party with the slogan "development, welfare, peace."^[6]

He stated that his candidacy's program is based on ten objectives, including growing and strengthening the economy, supporting young families, improving the health and education system.^[6] The center of his campaign is increasing jobs, calling for mass industrialization as well as modernization of Moldova's farms.^[7]

Tarlev has called for normalization of relations with Russia to create a "balanced foreign policy" which he claims will increase jobs and reduce natural gas prices.^[8] He also stated that not pursuing a "neutral" foreign policy would bring war to Moldova, and that he is against joining a military bloc like NATO.^[7]

Tarlev stated that if he is elected President he would work to remodel the office so that it was like the United States.^[8] He also called to reform the country's judiciary, saying that “I swear, the Constitution will always guide me, as will the Bible” and that he would work to make the judiciary more independent from the governing party.^[7]

Tarlev was endorsed by former Governor of Gagauzia Valeri Ianioglo and Constitutional Court president Dumitru Pulbere.^[7]

Tarlev would lose in the first round, earning 49,317 votes or 3.19% of the electorate, placing in sixth.^[9]