The Supreme Security Council (SSC) (, CSS) is an advisory body to the

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(concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Moldovan Armed Forces) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions. Its authority is vested in the

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. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Permanent members of the council since October 2009 have included the following:

Members

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– President of the SSC;

* Stanislav Secrieru – Secretary of the SSC; Defense and National Security Advisor to the President *

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–

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* Dorin Recean –

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* Lilian Carp – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order * Anatolie Nosatîi –

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* Daniella Misail-Nichitin –

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* Alexandru Musteață – Director of the Security and Intelligence Service * Alexandru Machidon – Acting Prosecutor General of Moldova * Anca Dragu – Governor of the

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* Mihai Popșoi – Deputy Prime Minister,

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* Oleg Serebrian – Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration * Cristina Gherasimov – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration * Veronica Mihailov-Moraru –

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* Victoria Belous –

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* Veronica Roșca – Chair of the Parliamentary Judicial Committee for Appointments and Immunities * Adrian Băluțel – Chief of Staff to the President * Serghei Diaconu – Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Foreign Cooperation Advisor * Ana Revenco – Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation Whenever the new composition of the CSS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend. The composition was most recently changed in June 2019 by President

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following the

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that occurred. In wartime, the CSS is renamed to the Supreme Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in their position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

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