Iurie Ciocan (born 19 May 1971) is a politician and professor from the

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

. He is the Chairman of the

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since February 2011.

Biography

Iurie Ciocan was born on 19 May 1971 in Chişinău, the

. In 1994, he graduated from the Technical University of Moldova. Between 1997 and 1999, he followed post-graduate studies at the Public Administration Academy under the

President of the Republic of Moldova The president of the Republic of Moldova () is the head of state of Moldova. The current president is Maia Sandu, who assumed office on 24 December 2020. Duties and functions The president "represents the State" and is "…the guarantor of n ...

, qualification – referent in international organizations. From 1999 – professor at the PAA under the President of the Republic of Moldova. In 2007 PhD in Political Science. Iurie Ciocan has more than 8 years experience in election administration and observation. He is the Chairman of the

since 15 February 2011. Iurie Ciocan has been administrating

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, April 2009, July 2009 and November 2010 Moldovan parliamentary elections, as well as republican constitutional referendum, of September 2010, local election of June 2007 and local election of June 2011. In the autumn of 2014, as CEC chairman, Iurie Ciocan took over the presidency of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) for the period 2014–2015. Iurie Ciocan is fully accredited electoral expert BRIDGE. He holds the Ph.D in Political Science and Honorary Doctor Honoris Causa of the International Academy of Computerization at the UN ( RM Section).

Family

He is married to Nona Marian (born 18 February 1977), a singer from the Republic of Moldova. They have two girls - Sofia and Domnița.

References

External links

Mr Iurie Ciocan, Secretary of the Central Election Commission of Moldova

Iurie CIOCAN

* ttp://omg.md/Content.aspx?id=3356&lang=2 Iurie Ciocan: The problem of elections for European Parliament is the low attendance
Iurie Ciocan. Moldova sends about 65000 ballot papers abroad for snap election.
1971 births Politicians from Chișinău Living people Moldovan engineers {{Moldova-politician-stub