Ion Ciubuc (; 29 May 1943 – 29 January 2018) was a Moldovan economist and politician who served as the 3rd

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from January 1997 to February 1999.

Biography

Ion Ciubuc was born on 29 May 1943 in the village of Hădărăuți, at the time in Hotin County, today in

Ocnița District Ocnița () is a district () in the north of Moldova, with the administrative center at Ocnița. The other major cities are Otaci and Frunză, Ocnița, Frunză. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 56,100. History The first evidence of a loc ...

. He graduated from the Agricultural Institute in Odessa in 1970, obtaining the qualification of a specialist in the agrarian economy. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in economics. He initially worked as an economist at the "1 Mai"

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...

in the village of Hădărăuți (1960–1963), after which he satisfied his compulsory military service in the

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(1963–1966). Returned to

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, he is appointed chief economist and president of the kolkhoz in the villages of Hădărăuți and Trebisăuți (1966–1973), then chairman of the Kolkhoz Council of the

Briceni district Briceni () is a district () in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Briceni. The other major city is Lipcani. As of January 1, 2011, its population was 75,300. History The first documentary attestation dates back to distri ...

(1973–1975). He is sent to a political training course, organized by the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, after which he becomes an instructor of PCM in the city of Chisinau (1975–1976). He was then transferred to

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as an auditor at the Academy of Sciences of the CC of the PCU (1976–1978). He returned to

, being appointed as first secretary of the Vulcănești District Committee, of the Communist Party of the Moldavian SSR(1978–1984). He worked between 1960 and 1984 in various positions in several economic units and state institutions. Between 1984 and 1986 he was First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee (Gosplan) of Moldavian SSR. Then, from 1986 to 1989, he worked as head of the Agricultural Research Department from the Institute of Scientific Research in the field of Agriculture in

. Until 1990, he held the position of vice-president of agro-industrial complex of Moldavian SSR. He died in 2018, aged 74.

References

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