First Filat Cabinet

Vlad Filat (PLDM), Prime Minister

The First Filat Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova between September 25, 2009, and January 14, 2011. It was a caretaker cabinet from the election of November 28, 2010, until it was succeeded by the Second Filat Cabinet on January 14, 2011.

History

The cabinet was formed by the Alliance for European Integration, consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party who held 53 out of 101 seats in Parliament of Moldova. The government won a vote of confidence on September 25, 2009.

Political forces	Seats	Moldovan Parliament seats after July 2009 polls v t e
Alliance for European Integration (right-wing)	53
Party of Communists (left-wing)	48
PCRM (48)   PLDM (18)   PL (15)   PDM (13)   AMN (7)

Composition

The Cabinet consisted of the Prime Minister of Moldova Vlad Filat (leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova; PLDM), four Deputy Prime Ministers, each representing one of the parties of the coalition, 15 ministers, and two ex officio members.^[1]

The Government had 16 Ministries: two Deputy Prime Ministers are also Ministers, while the Minister of State does not lead a Ministry. Two ministries from the previous Cabinet of Zinaida Greceanîi (Reintegration and Local Public Administration) were dissolved. ^[2]

Cabinet of Ministers

• Vlad Filat (PLDM), Prime Minister of Moldova
• Iurie Leancă (PLDM), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
• Ion Negrei (PL), Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs
• Valeriu Lazăr (PDM), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy
• Victor Osipov (AMN), Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration
• Victor Bodiu (PLDM), Minister of State. Former Director Raiffeisen Moldova.
• Victor Catan (PLDM), Minister of Internal Affairs
• Veaceslav Negruţa (PLDM), Minister of Finance
• Alexandru Tănase (PLDM), Minister of Justice
• Vladimir Hotineanu (PLDM), Minister of Health
• Vitalie Marinuţa (PL), Minister of Defence
• Anatol Şalaru (PL), Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure
• Gheorghe Şalaru (PL), Minister of Environment
• Ion Cebanu (PL), Minister of Youth and Sports
• Marcel Răducan (PDM), Minister of Public Works and Regional Development
• Valentina Buliga (PDM), Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family
• Boris Focşa (PDM), Minister of Culture
• Leonid Bujor (AMN), Minister of Education
• Valeriu Cosarciuc (AMN), Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
• Alexandru Oleinic (AMN), Minister of Information Technologies and Communication

Ex officio members

• Mihail Formuzal, Governor of Gagauzia
• Gheorghe Duca, Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Activity

The first cabinet meeting was held on September 25, 2009, at 22:00.

See also

• Cabinet of Moldova

References

1. Guvernul Alianţei pentru Integrare Europeană^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Parliament modifies Law on Government and agrees structure of new executive". AllMoldova. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-02.

External links

• Government of Moldova

Preceded by Zinaida Greceanîi Cabinet (Second)

Cabinet of Moldova 25 September 2009 - 14 January 2011

Succeeded by Second Filat Cabinet