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Vasile Tarlev (born 6 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician who served as the 6th
On September 21, 2024, Tarlev announced that he would be running for President for the Future of Moldova party with the slogan "development, welfare, peace."
He stated that his candidacy's program is based on ten objectives, including growing and strengthening the economy, supporting young families, improving the health and education system. The center of his campaign is increasing jobs, calling for mass industrialization as well as modernization of Moldova's farms.
Tarlev has called for normalization of relations with
Prime Minister of Moldova
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from 2001 to 2008.
Background and earlier life
He studied engineering at the Technical University of Moldova and became a member of assorted economic councils. After2001 Moldovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 25 February 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which ...
, He was appointed prime minister on April 19, 2001. This is the first time since 1990 that the Communists won a parliamentary election.
Tarlev is ethnically a Bessarabian Bulgarian and was born in Bașcalia, Basarabeasca district.
Prime Minister of Moldova
Tarlev served asPrime Minister of Moldova
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from 2001 until 2008, until 2017 he was the only prime minister to win two consecutive terms.
He resigned on March 19, 2008 in an unexpected move, saying that he wanted to make way for "new people." Parliament approved his resignation on March 20, and 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 ...
proposed Zinaida Greceanîi
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as his successor; she was approved by .) is a ...
Moldovan Parliament
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on 31 March 2008.
2024 presidential campaign
On September 21, 2024, Tarlev announced that he would be running for President for the Future of Moldova party with the slogan "development, welfare, peace."
He stated that his candidacy's program is based on ten objectives, including growing and strengthening the economy, supporting young families, improving the health and education system. The center of his campaign is increasing jobs, calling for mass industrialization as well as modernization of Moldova's farms.
Tarlev has called for normalization of relations with Russia
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to create a "balanced foreign policy" which he claims will increase jobs and reduce natural gas prices. He also stated that not pursuing a "neutral" foreign policy would bring war to Moldova, and that he is against joining a military bloc like NATO
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.
Tarlev stated that if he is elected President he would work to remodel the office so that it was like the United States
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. He also called to reform the country's judiciary, saying that “I swear, the Constitution will always guide me, as will the Bible” and that he would work to make the judiciary more independent from the governing party.
Tarlev was endorsed by former Governor of Gagauzia Valeri Ianioglo and Constitutional Court president Dumitru Pulbere.
Tarlev would lose in the first round, earning 49,317 votes or 3.19% of the electorate, placing in sixth.
See also
*Politics of Moldova
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* First Tarlev Cabinet
* Second Tarlev Cabinet
References
Moldovan communists 1963 births People from Basarabeasca District Prime ministers of Moldova Bessarabian Bulgarians Living people Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova) Moldovan people of Bulgarian descent Technical University of Moldova alumni {{Moldova-politician-stub