Nicolae Dudău (, born 19 December 1945) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat. He is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova.

Early life and career

He was born on 19 December 1945 in Grinăuți, Edineț County, in the

Moldovan 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 ...

. He graduated from the Sergey Lazo Polytechnic Institute in

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 ...

(now the

Technical University of Moldova The Technical University of Moldova (UTM; ) is a higher technical educational institution located in Chișinău, Moldova, and is the only such institute in the country to be accredited by the state. History The Technical University of Moldova ...

) as a

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

in 1975. He also is an alumnus of the Higher School of Party in

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in 1982, where he studied political studies. In 1963–1975, Dudău performed various technical functions at the Tractor Enterprise of Chșinău. Since 1975, he has become a political activist in different Party's bodies and state organs of the Republic of Moldova: Head of Section of the District Committee, Instructor of the Central Committee and Head of Section at the Central Committee. From 1988 to 1990 he was the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the

. From 1990 to 1991, he was the First Secretary of the Chișinău City Committee of the

Communist Party of Moldova The Communist Party of Moldavia (, PCM, Moldovan Cyrillic: ; ) was the ruling and sole legal political party of the Moldavian SSR. It was one of the fifteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until ...

and finally Executive Director of the International Charity Association. In 1993–1994, he served as the Counselor at the Embassy of Moldova in Russia, and then, in 1994, became the ambassador of Moldova to

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Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

and

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for concurrent positions. In 1997, Dudău was appointed the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova. He was appointed the Moldovan Ambassador to

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Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

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and

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on 29 September 1998. On 3 September 2001, by decree of President

Vladimir Voronin Vladimir Voronin (; born Vladimir Bujeniță, 25 May 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the leader of the Party of ...

, Nicolae Dudău was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first government of

Vasile Tarlev Vasile Tarlev (born 6 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 to 2008. Background and earlier life He studied engineering at the Technical University of Moldova and became a member of as ...

. On 12 June 2002, he was given the diplomatic rank of ambassador. On 4 February 2004, he resigned from the position of the minister, and 5 days later, Dudău was appointed as Ambassador of Moldova to

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, a position he held until 2007.

Personal life

He is currently married and has one daughter. Apart from his native language of Moldovan, he also speaks English and

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

References

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