Anatol Țăranu

Anatol Ţăranu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 1990–1993
In office 2005–2009
Personal details
Born	(1951-10-19) October 19, 1951 Chişinău
Political party	National Liberal Party (Moldova), Party Alliance Our Moldova
Other political affiliations	Popular Front of Moldova
Spouse(s)	Ludmila Lazăr, PhD
Children	Teodor, Cristian, Gabriela
Alma mater	Moldova State University, 1978

Anatol Ţăranu (b. October 19, 1951) is a Moldovan politician.

Biography

Ţăranu holds a Ph.D. in history, 1986, and served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1993, 2005–2009). Ţăranu has also been a chief expert for the Chişinău side during negotiations with separatist leaders in Transnistria. Between 1993-1994, Ţăranu was Moldovan Ambassador to Moscow, and between 1997 and 1998 he was an advisor with special missions to the President of the Republic of Moldova. At the third congress of the Social Democratic Party, 25–26 February 1995, Anatol Ţăranu was elected as a new head of the party.

After 2005 parliamentary election, Anatol Ţăranu was excluded from Party Alliance Our Moldova. On December 16, 2006, Ţăranu became a deputy chairman of the new National Liberal Party; Ţăranu left the party in November 2008 because he disagreed with the party's decision to stand for parliament in 2009 jointly with the European Action Movement.

He currently works as Director of the Political Science and Political History Centre of the State University of Moldova and at the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, where he worked before becoming a deputy.

External links

• Cine au fost şi ce fac deputaţii primului Parlament din R. Moldova (1990-1994)?
• Declaraţia deputaţilor din primul Parlament
• Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova