Iurie Muntean
Muntean in 2012
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
14 August 2009 – 9 December 2014
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade
In office
30 April 2008 – 9 September 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
MinisterIgor Dodon
Personal details
Born (1972-05-13) 13 May 1972
Criuleni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
Political partyCollective Action Party – Civic Congress
Other political
affiliations		Party of Communists
Alma materMoldova State University
ProfessionJurist

Iurie Muntean (born 13 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician, who served as a deputy Minister of Economy and Trade (2008–2009) and member of the Parliament of Moldova (2009–2014).[1][2]

Biography

He graduated from Moldova State University in 1994. Iurie Muntean worked as a jurist for the Ministry of Economy (July 1994 – June 1996), ARIA (1996–2002, August 2006 – April 2007), the office of lawyers "Justil Group".[3] Then he served as a deputy of Igor Dodon. In March 2001, Iurie Muntean participated with journalists Constantin Tănase, Aneta Grosu, and the folk music singer Maria Sarabaş in a Romanian-Moldovan delegation to Atlanta, where Iurie Muntean danced "Hora Unirii", which is contrary to his communist ideology.[4][5] Muntean, however, denies having danced Hora Unirii.[6][7]

Muntean in 2012

Iurie Muntean served as the executive secretary of the Party of Communists (PCRM) since 2010.[8] Iurie Muntean was at one point a favourite to succeed Vladimir Voronin as the head of the Party of Communists (PCRM).[9]

In the summer of 2014, Iurie Muntean was excluded from the PCRM Executive Committee, then from the position of party executive secretary, that on 23 December 2014 he would be definitively excluded from the Communist Party.[10] About his exclusion from the party Muntean later said: “I was excluded from PCRM for leftist views”... "although I am a true third-generation communist."[11]

Known for his strong Moldovenist position, Iurie Muntean appeared in public at some rallies in a T-shirt that had inscribed on him „Еу сынт молдован! Еу грэеск молдовенеште!’ (written in Cyrillic: “I am Moldovan, I speak Moldavian”).[12][13] His brother Ivan Muntean is the leader of the obstastie association "I am Moldovan, I speak Moldovan".[14][15] In 2019, together with Mark Tkaciuk, he founded the Collective Action Party – Civic Congress.

References

  1. ↑ Muntean Iurie
  2. ↑ Guvernul l-a numit pe Iurie Muntean in functia de viceministru al Economiei si Comertului
  3. ↑ Guvernul l-a numit pe Iurie Muntean in functia de viceministru al Economiei si Comertului
  4. ↑ Jurnal de Chişinău, File secrete din biografia lui Iurie Muntean(u) Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today
  5. ↑ 2001 Annual Report
  6. ↑ "UNIMEDIA - Portalul de știri nr. 1 din Moldova". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. ↑ "File secrete din biografia lui Iurie Muntean(u) – Jurnal de Chişinău". www.jc.md. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27.
  8. ↑ Timpul de dimineață, De ce lui Voronin i-s dragi foştii unionişti
  9. ↑ Deputatul Iurie Muntean - posibil succesor la conducerea PCRM
  10. ↑ "DECIS! Deputatul Iurie Muntean a fost exclus din Partidul Comuniştilor | PUBLIKA .MD - AICI SUNT ȘTIRILE". 23 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Exclus din PCRM, Iurie Muntean și-a găsit ocupație. Cu ce intenționează să ne surprindă".
  12. ↑ "UNIMEDIA - Portalul de știri nr. 1 din Moldova". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  13. ↑ "9 Mai sărbătorit de PCRM. Iurie Muntean a purtat un maiou inscripţionat VEZI ce scria | PUBLIKA .MD - AICI SUNT ȘTIRILE". 9 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "UNIMEDIA - Portalul de știri nr. 1 din Moldova". Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  15. ↑ http://www.revista22.ro/articol-32603_1.html
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