Anatol Arapu

Anatol Arapu
Arapu in 2015
Minister of Finance
In office 14 August 2013 – 20 January 2016
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman (acting) Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Preceded by	Veaceslav Negruța
Succeeded by	Octavian Armașu
In office 22 May 1998 – 12 November 1999
President	Petru Lucinschi
Prime Minister	Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza
Preceded by	Valeriu Chițan
Succeeded by	Mihail Manoli
Moldovan Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and NATO
In office 21 July 1997 – 1 July 1998
President	Petru Lucinschi
Prime Minister	Ion Ciubuc
Preceded by	Tudor Botnaru
Succeeded by	Ion Căpățină
Personal details
Born	(1962-11-27) 27 November 1962 (age 62) Văsieni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moldova State University Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics
Occupation	Economist

Anatol Arapu (born 27 November 1962) is a Moldovan economist, who served as Minister of Finances of Moldova from 14 August 2013 to January 2016, in three consecutive cabinets: Leancă Cabinet, Gaburici Cabinet, and Streleț Cabinet. He also was Minister of Finances in the 1990s, in Ciubuc-2 Cabinet (22 May 1998 - 17 February 1999) and in Sturza Cabinet (12 March - 12 November 1999).^[1]

Biography

Anatol Arapu was born on 27 November 1962 in the village of Văsieni, Ialoveni. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the State University of Moldova in 1985, the Economic and Statistical Institute of Moscow in 1987 and the Institute of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in 1993.^[2] In the period 1988-1992 he was director of the "Moldova - EXIM" trust. During 1994-1997 he worked as an assistant to the World Bank executive direction, and from 1997 to 1998 he was Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, NATO, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.^[3]

He subsequently worked for Lukoil România as a financial director for one year, and from 2001 to 2013 he served as Deputy General Manager for Economic and Financial Affairs.^[4] From 14 August 2013 he is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Moldova initially in the Leancă Cabinet, then in the Gaburici Cabinet and the Streleț Cabinet. Although he is not a party member, he has become Minister as being submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.^[5][6][7][8]

He is married and has a child. He speaks Romanian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent) and French (medium).^[9]

References

1. "Arapu Anatolie – posturi deținute". Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
2. Ministrul Finanțelor, Veaceslav Negruța, a depus cerere de demisie Archived 16 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accesat la 14 August 2013.
3. The President of the Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti, signed on August 14, 2013, the Order for the appointment of Mr. Anatol Arapu as Minister of Finance
4. OFICIAL! Anatol Arapu este noul ministru al Finanțelor. Președintele Nicolae Timofti a semnat decretul de numire Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Accesat la 14 August 2013.
5. "PLDM în Guvern". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
6. Anatol Arapu, promis.md
7. Ce spune Filat despre Arapu Archived 11 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, unimedia.info
8. Vlad Filat: PLDM a promovat și va promova profesioniști cărora nu le este indiferentă soarta țării
9. "Omul Săptămînii - Anatol Arapu, ministrul Finanțelor - Tribuna". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

External links

• Anatol Arapu on gov.md (CV)
• Cine este noul ministru al Finanțelor, Anatol Arapu?(in Romanian)