Tudor Ulianovschi

Tudor Ulianovschi
Ulianovschi in 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 18 January 2018 – 8 June 2019
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Andrei Galbur
Succeeded by	Nicu Popescu
Moldovan Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
In office 28 January 2016 – 10 January 2018
President	Nicolae Timofti Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Victor Moraru
Succeeded by	Oxana Domenti
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 15 January 2014 – 10 February 2016
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman (acting) Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting) Pavel Filip
Minister	Natalia Gherman Andrei Galbur
Personal details
Born	(1983-05-25) May 25, 1983 Florești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Free International University of Moldova (2000–2005) State University of Moldova (2007–2008)
Profession	diplomat

Tudor Ulianovschi (pronunciation: [uljaˈnovski], born 25 May 1983) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Moldova between January 2018 and June 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Moldovan Ambassador to Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Educational background

Ulianovschi's academic background is in International Public and Trade Law, at the Free International University of Moldova (an LL.M. degree and a PhD candidate), the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the Diplomatic Institute of Bucharest.

Diplomatic career

Between 2016 and 2018, he was the Moldovan top diplomat in Geneva, serving as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as well as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO). During his mandate in Geneva, Ulianovschi served on and chaired various committees, including the Balance of Payments Committee of the WTO, the Trade and Development Board at UNCTAD the General Assembly at WIPO, and the Steering Committee on Trade at UNECE. He also has served at the Embassies of the Republic of Moldova in Washington, DC (2007–2010) and Doha (2013–2014), before becoming the Deputy Foreign Minister.

Foreign minister

As President of the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD

As Moldova's Foreign Minister, Ulianovschi promoted government decisions to open new diplomatic missions in Africa, Latin America, India and Europe, During his mandate, Moldova ratified and implemented the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and became a member of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. He represented Moldova at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019. One of his major diplomatic breakthroughs achieved during his tenure was the adoption of United Nations General Assembly resolution (document A/72/L.58) in June 2018 which called on the Operational Group of Russian Forces to be withdrawn from Moldovan territory.

Personal life

He is currently married to Corina Cojocaru and has a child. Besides his native Romanian language, he is fluent in English, Russian, French and Arabic. He was a legal advisor to various non-governmental organizations in the field of human and patient rights.