Aureliu Ciocoi

He was born 5 June 1968 in Chișinău. He graduated from the Primary, Secondary and High School No. 11 (today the Lyceum "Ion Creangă").[9] From 1986 to 1988, he was a soldier in the Soviet Border Troops of the KGB. Between 1985−1992, he studied at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the Moldova State University. From 1992−1994, he studied at the Faculty of International Relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania. While studying at the university, he worked at the Central Publishing House in Chișinău. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he became a journalist for several daily newspapers.[10] He worked as ambassador to Germany and Denmark from 2010–2015, as well as to China and Vietnam from 2015–2017. He also briefly served as ambassador to the United States in 2017.[10] From 2018 to 2019, he was an adviser to President Igor Dodon on foreign policy issues. After resignating from the cabinet on 9 November, he was appointed as foreign minister once again.[10] On 31 December 2020, President Maia Sandu appointed him as interim prime minister after Prime Minister Ion Chicu resigned on 23 December.[10]

• Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (November 2015)[10]

He is married and has one child. He speaks fluent Romanian, Russian, English, German and French. He was a sportsman in the 1980s, being a Master of Sport of the USSR and a member of the Moldovan national junior team in shooting. His hobbies include philosophy, literature, and theater.[10]