Valeriu Ghilețchi

Valeriu Ghileţchi
Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 23 December 2017 – 24 February 2019
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Iurie Leancă
Succeeded by	Ion Ceban
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-08) July 8, 1960 Pînzăreni, Republic of Moldova
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
Spouse	Marina
Children	two sons and a daughter

Valeriu Ghileţchi (born July 8, 1960, Pînzăreni) is a Moldovan Baptist clergyman and politician.

Biography

Working originally as an engineer, Ghileţchi was ordained Baptist pastor in 1996 following a programme of theological studies at Emmanuel Baptist University in Oradea, Romania. He holds undergraduate diploma in theology.

Since 1994, he served as rector of the Holy Trinity Moldovan Baptist Institute and then as Academic Dean of the College of Theology and Education in Chisinau, Rep. Moldova.

He served for two periods as bishop of the Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova.

At present time V.Ghiletchi is associate pastor at Jesus the Savior Baptist Church in Chisinau, Rep. Moldova.

Valeriu Ghileţchi was vice-president of the European Baptist Federation (EBF) from 2007 to 2009 and has been the president of EBF in 2009–2011.

Hs is a member of the parliament of Moldova. Previously affiliated with Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) of Vladimir Filat, Ghiletchi changed his party affiliation to People's European Party (PPE) of Iurie Leanca.

He is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since January 2010 (after a first term between 1998 and 2001).

External links

• European Baptists Elect a New President: Valeriu Ghiletchi
• Moldovan Parliament Website
• Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
• Personal Webpage