Iurie Roșca

Iurie Roșca
Roșca in 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 16 June 2009 – 25 September 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 24 March 2005 – 22 April 2009 Serving with Maria Postoico
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Mihai Camerzan
Succeeded by	Grigore Petrenco
In office 23 April 1998 – 25 February 2001
President	Petru Lucinschi
Prime Minister	Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș
Preceded by	Dumitru Diacov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Ciobanu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 3 September 1990 – 22 April 2009
Parliamentary group	Popular Front Christian-Democratic People's Party
Personal details
Born	(1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 Telenești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political party	Christian-Democratic People's Party (1994–present)
Other political affiliations	Popular Front of Moldova (1989–1994)
Spouse	Larisa Roșca
Children	Ștefan, Alexandra, and Oana
Alma mater	Moldova State University
Profession	Journalist

Iurie Roșca (born 31 October 1961) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.

Biography

Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of the State University of Moldova. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei (The Youth of Moldova), a reporter for the National Television of Moldova, and an upper-level curator at the Dimitrie Cantemir Literature Museum in Chișinău.

Political career

In 1989, Roșca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova (of which the PPCD is a successor). He was executive president of the organization from 1989 to 1994. Between 1990 and 2009, he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

In 2005, his party voted for the reelection of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin, and he became the Parliament's vice-president (a post he also held from 1998 to 2001). In June 2009, he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government However, he only held that position until September of that year.