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Vladimir Plahotniuc
Member of the Parliament of Moldova
In office
30 December 2010 – October 2013
In office
December 2014 – July 2015
First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova
In office
30 December 2010 – 15 February 2013
Personal details
Born (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 58)
Pitușca, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDemocratic Party of Moldova
SpouseOxana Plahotniuc
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Websitewww.plahotniuc.md

Vladimir "Vlad" Plahotniuc (born 1 January 1966) is a Moldovan politician and businessman. He is the current chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova and previously was member of the Parliament of Moldova in two terms, and served as First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova.

Education

Plahotniuc was born in Pitușca, Călărași District. As he stated in an interview, a strong footprint in his education was left by his parents and grandparents.[1] He attended the Grozești village secondary school, in Nisporeni district. In 1983 he graduated this institution with a Cum Laude diploma.[2] In 1991 he graduated the Technical University of Moldova with a bachelor's degree in Engineering, at the Food Industry Technology Department.[2]

In 2002 he obtained an MBA degree at the same university.[3] In 2006 he obtained a master's degree in Civil Law at the European Studies University of Moldova.[2]

Career

During 1991-1993, he held the position of specialist at the "Minor" Center for prevention and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, affiliated with the Chișinău City Hall.[2] He held the position of economist at "Euro EstHundel" Ltd Moldova, then he worked at "Voyage" Ltd Moldova. In 1995-1998 he founded "Angels" Moldovan-American Financial Group, which he managed until 2001.[3] From 2001 to 2010 he held the position of Commercial Manager and afterwards he was the General Manager of "Petrom Moldova" JSC, dealing with oil import and distribution.[3] Starting in 2005 he was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board at "Victoriabank " commercial bank, one of the leading banks of Moldova and in 2006 he became its Chairman, a position held until January 2011.[2][4] Since then, he has been focusing on his political career, as a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova. In 2015, he officially founded a large media company, including General Media Group and Radio Media Group[5][6][7][8]

Political activity

On 19 November 2010, during the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Party of Moldova, it has been decided to include Vladimir Plahotniuc on the 2nd spot on the party electoral list.[9] He became member of the Parliament in December 2010,[10] position held until October 2013, when he resigned.[11][12][13] On 30 December 2010, during the Democratic Party National Political Council session, Vladimir Plahotniuc was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova.[14] On the same day he was elected as the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.[2] He was also elected as member of the Commission of Economy, Budget and Finance within the Parliament of Moldova. On 19 May 2011, by Presidential decree, Marian Lupu founded the National Council for the Judiciary Reform which included Vladimir Plahotniuc as Vice Chairman.[15]

In June 2012, Plahotniuc became First Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova.[16] In December 2014, Plahotniuc was elected again as member of Parliament, and in July 2015 he resigned again from this position,[17][18][19][20] "in order to focus his political activity on reforming the party", as he stated.

Plahotniuc was proposed for the post of Prime Minister of Moldova by the Democratic Party, but his candidacy was rejected by the Moldovan President, Nicolae Timofti, January 13, 2016. Timofti, in an official statement, noted that "Plahotniuc fails to meet the criteria of a candidate for the post of prime minister."

On 24 December 2016, during the 8th Democratic Party Congress, Plahotniuc was elected as the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova.[21]

Parliamentary diplomacy

Vlad Plahotniuc with Victor Ponta

As First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Plahotniuc had a number of working visits abroad. Thus, on 2 March 2011 Vlad Plahotniuc together with Marian Lupu, the then interim President of the Republic of Moldova, visited Strasbourg.[22]
Vladimir Plahotniuc visited the Republic of Lithuania in the period of 22–24 May 2011.[23] In the period of 13–15 June 2011 Vladimir Plahotniuc participated at the ninth Conference of Parliament Speakers of the Southeast European Cooperation Process.[24] On 28 July 2011, in a framework of an official delegation, Vladimir Plahotniuc visited the Federal Republic of Germany. During the visit, Plahotniuc had meetings with his German counterpart Wolfgang Thierse, Deputy Speaker of the Budestag; Gernot Erler, Vice Chairman of Budestag Social–Democratic Party Parliamentary Faction; Rainer Lindner, Executive Manager of the Eastern Europe Council of the German Economy; Manfred Grund, member of Christian Democratic Party and Chairman of the Moldova-Germany Forum; Rainer Steenblock, Vice Chairman of the Moldova-Germany Forum and Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff, former ambassador of FRG in Chişinău.[25] On 26 July 2011 Plahotniuc paid an official visit to the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus.[26] In the period of 19–20 September 2011 he visited the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.[27]

On 4 February 2011, as First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Plahotniuc had a meeting with a delegation from the Government of the Czech Republic.[28] On 3 March 2011 Vladimir Plahotniuc met with Victor Ponta, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Romania and his party colleagues - Titus Corlățean, Viorel Hrebenciuc, Cristian Rizea, Tudor Panțîru and Cătălin Ivan.[29] On 13 April 2011 Plahotniuc had a meeting with Kelemen Hunor, The Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Romania.[30] On 6 May 2011, Plahotniuc met with the President of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly Petros Efthymiou.[31] On 27 May 2011 as First Deputy Speaker Parliament of Moldova, Plahotniuc met with Josep Casadevall, the Chairman of European Convention on Human Rights third section.[32]

Vladimir Plahotniuc is a member of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS member states; Parliamentary Friendship Group with Switzerland, Hellenic Republic and Hungary.[2]

As First Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova, which is a member of The Party of European Socialists (PES) and of the worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties - The Socialist International,[33] Vlad Plahotniuc met on several occasions with Luis Ayala,[34] the general secretary of Socialist International. Plahotniuc also met with leaders and PES representatives, in Brussels.

Businessman

Vladimir Plahotniuc is a businessman who has runed companies in the following domains: oil, financial and banking, hotel business, media and real estate.

Moldova Business People Association

The launch of the Moldova Business People Association

Prior to his entrance into politics on behalf of the Democratic Party of Moldova, on 26 July 2010, Vladimir Plahotniuc founded the Moldova Business People Association[35] and in two months it launched its activity with an international economic summit, which had Dominique de Villepin, French politician and writer, former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the French Government, as a guest speaker of the event. The list of participants included Vladimir Plahotniuc, the Chairman of MBPA board; Andrian Candu - General Director of MBPA; Valeriu Lazar - Deputy Prime-Minister, Ministry of Economy and Commerce; Dorin Dragutanu Governor of National Bank of Moldova and many other honorable guests.[36]

On Vladimir Plahotniuc’s initiative, the Moldova Business People Association launched a collaboration with the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, taking into account that research needs support from the business environment.[37][38] On 25 October 2010, during a festive event, the Moldova Business People Association handed out diplomas to the top 100 managers from Moldova.[39]

Edelweiss Foundation

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Vladimir Plahotniuc together with the children from "Gracious Joseph" Orphanage

Vladimir Plahotniuc is also known as the Founder of Edelweiss Foundation which is involved in implementing various social projects in Moldova.

The Foundation implemented many cultural projects, book donations, music concerts and artistic events,[40][41][42][43][44] supported Moldovan sportsmen,[45][46][47] provided financial support for people in need of medical care,[48][49][50][51] Thus, flood victims of the summer 2010 Prut River overflowing received financial aid and goods,[52][53][54] People in need from all around the country benefited from the same type of assistance and support,[55][56][57] Edelweiss refurbished the dormitory building of the "Gracious Joseph" Orphanage and donated them various gifts.[58][59][60][61]

In 2014, Edelweiss started a national scale social campaign, called "Revive Moldova".[62] The campaign soon reached its goal: to collect 1 million euros for the reconstruction works and modern medical equipment of the Institute of Mother and Child in Chisinau.[63]

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