Supreme Security Council

The Supreme Security Council (SSC) (Romanian: Consiliul Suprem de Securitate (CSS)) is an advisory body to the President of Moldova (concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Moldovan Armed Forces) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions.[1][2] Its authority is vested in the Constitution of Moldova. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Other permanent members of the council since October 2009[3] have included the following:[4][5]

• Maia Sandu, President of the SSC, President of Moldova
• Ana Revenco, Secretary of the SSC, National Security and Defense Advisor to the President
• Zinaida Greceanîi, President of the Parliament
• Aureliu Ciocoi, Acting Prime Minister of Moldova; Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
• Sergiu Sîrbu, Member of Parliament; Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for National security, Defense and Public Order
• Victor Gaiciuc, Minister of Defense
• Pavel Voicu, Minister of Internal Affairs
• Alexandr Esaulenco, Director of the Security and Intelligence Service
• Alexandr Stoianoglo, Prosecutor General of Moldova
• Octavian Armașu, Governor of the National Bank
• Andrei Spînu, Secretary General of the Presidential Apparatus
• Olesea Stamate, Judicial Advisor to the President
• Veaceslav Negruța, Economic Advisor to the President
• Ala Nemerenco, Public Health Advisor to the President
• Igor Grosu, Member of Parliament; Deputy Chairman of the Parlaimentary Committe for National Security, Defense and Public Order
• Chiril Moțpan, Member of Parliament
• Sergiu Litvinenco, Member of Parliament
• Vladimir Munteanu, Deputy Governor of the National Bank
• Sergiu Gaibu
• Tatiana Răducanu
• Vladislav Kulminski, Ex-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

The Presidential Palace is the meeting place of the CSS.

Whenever the new composition of the CSS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend.[6] The composition was most recently changed in June 2019 by President Igor Dodon following the constitutional crisis that occurred.[7][8]

In wartime, the CSS is renamed to the Supreme Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in his position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.[9]