Victor Stepaniuc

Victor Stepaniuc
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 29 july 2009 – 28 november 2010
In office october 1996 – 16 January 2008
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 16 January 2008 – 25 September 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1958-07-13) 13 July 1958 Costeşti, Ialoveni
Other political affiliations	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Communist Party of Moldova
Alma mater	Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Profession	professor, jurist

Victor Stepaniuc (born July 13, 1958 in Costeşti, Ialoveni) is a Moldovan historian and politician.

He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since 1996 till 2010. He served several times as Leader of Parliament Commission for Education, Youth, Culture and Sports (1998-2001), leader of Communist Fraction in Parliament (2001-2005) and another mandate as Leader of Parliament Commission for Education,Culture and Sports (2005-2008). In 2005, He was one of the favorites to be next Speaker of the Parliament, but because of the counselor's of the ex-president of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin - Mark Tkaciuk, Oleg Reidman and other pretenders docile to ex-president, who were afraid to the popularity of the deputy Victor Stepaniuc, decided to choose Marian Lupu on this post, an non-communist member, with economical views.

External links

• APCE - Victor Stepaniuc
• http://chisinau.novopress.info/?p=338, Partidul Comunistilor din RM - lideri, grupari, interese
• http://www.cnaa.md/files/theses/2007/7364/victor_stepaniuc_abstract.pdf