Monica Babuc
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
9 March 2019 – 23 July 2021
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Party
In office
9 December 2014 – 18 February 2015
Succeeded byEugeniu Nichiforciuc
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Party
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
18 June 2019 – 4 December 2020
Serving with
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterMaia Sandu
Ion Chicu
Preceded byVladimir Vitiuc
Succeeded byVladimir Vitiuc
Minister of Education, Culture and Research
In office
26 July 2017 – 8 June 2019
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterPavel Filip
Preceded byCorina Fusu
Succeeded byLiliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei
Minister of Culture
In office
30 May 2013 – 26 July 2017
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterIurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Natalia Gherman (acting)
Valeriu Streleț
Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel Filip
Preceded byBoris Focșa
Succeeded bySergiu Prodan (2021)
Personal details
Born (1964-03-29) 29 March 1964
Bardar, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyEuropean Social Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Alliance for European Integration
ProfessionHistorian

Monica Babuc (born 29 March 1964) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019.[1]

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.[2] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan,[3] contrary to the position and ideology of the DPM leaders, Marian Lupu and Dumitru Diacov, who declare that they speak Moldovan and that they are Moldovans and not Romanian. At the local elections in Chisinau on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.

Family

She is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, French and English.

References

  1. ↑ Prim-ministrul Iurie Leancă a prezentat-o astăzi colectivului instituției pe noua ministră a Culturii, Monica Babuc
  2. ↑ "Monica Babuc s-a înscris în cursa pentru Primăria Chişinău: Vin cu fapte concrete". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Eu vreau sa fiu primar cu Lorena Bogza" - 03.06.2015 - VIDEO



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