Valeriu Lazăr

Valeriu Lazăr
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 25 September 2009 – 30 May 2013
President	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting) Vladimir Filat (Acting) Marian Lupu (Acting)
Prime Minister	Vladimir Filat
Minister of Economy
In office 25 September 2009 – 3 July 2014
President	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting) Vladimir Filat (Acting) Marian Lupu (Acting) Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vladimir Filat Iurie Leancă
Preceded by	Igor Dodon
Succeeded by	Andrian Candu
In office 19 April 2005 – 18 September 2006
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Marian Lupu
Succeeded by	Igor Dodon
Personal details
Born	(1968-05-20) 20 May 1968 Mingir, Hîncești District, Moldova
Political party	Democratic Party of Moldova
Alma mater	Agricultural State University of Moldova

Valeriu Lazăr (born 20 May 1968 in Mingir, Hîncești District) is a Moldovan politician who served as deputy prime minister and minister of economy in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, Second Filat Cabinet and in the Iurie Leancă Cabinet as well. On 2 July 2014 he resigned from the office of minister of economy.

Lazăr is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova.