Monica Babuc

Monica Babuc (born March 29, 1964 in Bardar, Ialoveni) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019.[1]

Monica Babuc
Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
18 June 2019  4 December 2020
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterMaia Sandu
Ion Chicu
Preceded byVladimir Vitiuc
Succeeded byVladimir Vitiuc
Minister of Education, Culture and Research
In office
26 July 2017  8 June 2019
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterPavel Filip
Preceded byCorina Fusu
Succeeded byLiliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei
Minister of Culture
In office
30 May 2013  26 July 2017
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Valeriu Streleț
Pavel Filip
Preceded byBoris Focșa
Personal details
Born (1964-03-29) 29 March 1964
Bardar, Moldovan SSR
Political partyDemocratic Party of Moldova
Other political
affiliations
Alliance for European Integration
ProfessionHistorian

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.[2] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan,[3] contrary to the position and ideology of the DPM leaders, Marian Lupu and Dumitru Diacov, who declare that they speak Moldovan and that they are Moldovans and not Romanian. At the local elections in Chisinau on June 14, 2015, Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.

Family

She is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, French and English.

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