Monica Babuc (born 29 March 1964) is a politician and historian 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 ...
, who was
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (
Leancă,
Gaburici,
Streleţ and
Filip) from 2013 to 2019. During her tenure as Minister of Culture she approved the strategy "Culture-2020", laws on cinematography, public libraries, and scholarships.
She also helped create the Naitonal Center of Cinematography, the National Film Archive and the Cinematography Register.
She also announced in 2017 that the ministry would complete an evaluation of reform to schools.
Monica Babuc is a member of the
Democratic Party of Moldova
The European Social Democratic Party (, PSDE) is a centre-left, populist Social democracy, social democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of the Party of European ...
, and formerly a member of the
Christian Democratic People's Party. From 2019 to 2020, she was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.
She was the interim chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova in 2021.
In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
. In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks
Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan. At the local elections in Chișinău on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.
In March 2023 she became the head of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Chișinău.
Early life
She was born on 29 March 1967 in
Bardar in the
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...
.
From 1981 to 1986, she studied 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 the Faculty of History, and then afterwards completed her higher education at
Moscow State University
Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...
until 1989.
After graduating, from 1989 to 1990 she was a lecturer in the Department of Political History at Moldova State University, and was then from 1990 to 2001 a consultant to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media in the Parliament of Moldova.
Family
She is married and has a child.
In addition to Romanian, she speaks
Russian,
French and
English.
References
External links
Monica Babucat the Moldovan Government's website
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1964 births
Living people
People from Ialoveni District
Democratic Party of Moldova politicians
Government ministers of Moldova
Ministers of education of Moldova
Culture ministers of Moldova
Women government ministers of Moldova
21st-century Moldovan women politicians