Valeriu Muravschi

Valeriu Muravschi OR
Muravschi in 1991
1st Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 28 May 1991 – 1 July 1992
President	Mircea Snegur
Deputy	See list Constantin Oboroc Ion Ciubuc Andrei Sangheli Constantin Tampiza Valeriu Cebotari Gheorghe Efros
Preceded by	Mircea Druc (as Prime Minister of SSR Moldova)
Succeeded by	Andrei Sangheli
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 9 April 1998 – 13 March 2001
Parliamentary group	For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova Electoral Bloc
Minister of Finance
In office 6 June 1990 – 28 May 1991
President	Mircea Snegur
Prime Minister	Mircea Druc
Preceded by	Adrian Budeanu
Succeeded by	Constantin Tampiza
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-31)31 July 1949 Sirota, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 April 2020(2020-04-08) (aged 70) Chișinău, Moldova
Political party	Popular Front of Moldova
Alma mater	Technical University of Moldova

Valeriu Muravschi (31 July 1949 – 8 April 2020)^[1] was a Moldovan politician and businessman who served as the first prime minister of Moldova between 28 May 1991 and 1 July 1992.

Early life and career

Muravschi was born in Sirota, Orhei District on 31 July 1949. He was burned at a young age along with his brother, Sergiu, and required surgery.^[2] He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the "Sergei Lazo" Polytechnic Institute in Chișinău.

Following his graduation, Muravschi had a series of jobs in various economic ministries for the Moldavian SSR: he was a senior economist at the State Committee for Prices from 1971 until 1976, chief of the Pricing Section of the Ministry of Building Materials Industry from 1976 until 1984, head of the Department of Finance from 1984 until 1988, and finally director of the Directorate from 1988 to 1990. He then entered Mircea Druc's cabinet and held the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991. He was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova in 1991.

Premiership

Muravschi's term as Prime Minister was dominated by the Transnistria War.

Post-premiership

In 1999, Muravschi founded the National Christian Democratic Peasants Party of Moldova (PNCD) and was president of that party until 2002. It subsequently merged into the Liberal Party (PL) and then the Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) in 2003.

On 31 July 1999, for "long and fruitful activity in the state, contributing to the socio-economic development of the republic and high professionalism", Muravschi was awarded the Order of Work Merit.^[3]

Death

Muravschi suffered from cancer and was taken to the hospital in Chișinău in late March 2020. He underwent surgery; though the surgery was successful, his condition deteriorated and he fell into a coma. He died on April 8, 2020, at age 70.^[1]

References

1. "Doliu! A decedat fostul premier al țării, Valeriu Muravschi" (in Romanian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
2. Ursu, Valentina (8 April 2020). "In memoriam Valeriu Muravschi. "Am pierdut un patriot, un om de stat, premierul Independenței noastre" (Vasile Șoimaru)" [In memory of Valeriu Muravschi. "We lost a patriot, a statesman, the prime minister of our Independence" (Vasile Șoimaru)]. website (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
3. "Privind conferirea Ordinului "Gloria Muncii" domnului Valeriu Muravschi". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

Political offices
Preceded by Mircea Druc	Prime Minister of Moldova 1991–1992	Succeeded by Andrei Sangheli