Margareta Timofti (born 7 January 1956) is a Moldovan lawyer who is the wife of

Nicolae Timofti Nicolae Timofti (; born 22 December 1948) is a Moldovan jurist and politician who was President of Moldova from 23 March 2012 until 23 December 2016. He served as head of Moldova's Superior Magistrate Council and was 2011–2012 Moldovan preside ...

, the 4th

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. With her husband being President, she served as the First Lady of Moldova during his term.

Biography

Timofti was born in January 1956 in the village of Parcani,

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to Lazăr and Feodora Postolachi. She spent most of her childhood in

Dumbrăveni Dumbrăveni (before 1945 ''Ibașfalău''; ; Saxon dialect: ''Eppeschdorf''; ) is a town in the north of Sibiu County, in the centre of Transylvania, central Romania. The town administers two villages, Ernea (''Ehrgang''; ''Argung''; ''Szászerny ...

with her sister Valentina. In 1973 she graduated from her local high school. Immediately following her graduation up until 1977, she studied at the Faculty of Library Science and Bibliography at

Moldova State University Moldova State University (USM; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946, and initially had five faculties, Physics and Mathematics, Geology and Ped ...

. In 2005 she graduated from the law school of the same university, receiving a diploma of higher education in law. In the late 70s and early 80s, she worked as a bibliographer before becoming the head of a library for youth in the capital of

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. Beginning in 1985 and over the course of the 20 years that followed, she was an academic secretary at the Ion Creangă National Children's Library in Chișinău. Between 2005 and 2006 She worked as a notary trainee in the private notary bureau of the capital. Since 2010, she has been the main consultant for the European Law Department and the Legal Department of the Secretariat of the

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. In early 2012, she participated in an international leadership program organized by the United States

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. Margareta Timofti has three children with her husband Nicolae: Alexei (born 1977) who is a lawyer for the

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, Nicolae (born 1980) is a sports journalist in Chișinău, and Ștefan (born 1989) is a student majoring in economics in Chișinău.

First Lady

As First Lady, Timofti was involved in a number of social, educational and cultural projects. Under her patronage, the project “Satul meu” and the National Book and Reading Festival and the Festival of Oia were implemented. Margareta Timofti is the honorary president of the International Women's Club of Moldova and the SOS Autism Association. On March 23, 2013, members of the National Association of Scouts of Moldova (NASM) met with Timofti to discuss a possible parliamentary resolution that states its support for the NASM. For three days in May 2014, Polish First Lady

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visited Chișinău at the invitation of Timofti, during which the two both visited the

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High School, where 150 children study in Polish taught classes. In August 2016, she and her husband, paid their respects to

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, who died ten days prior in

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