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Veaceslav Iordan (born 12 June 1966) is a Moldovan politician who served as interim
Mayor of Chișinău The Mayor of Chișinău, officially the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chișinău (), is the head of the executive branch of Chișinău's government and a member of the city's Municipal Council. History The first mayor of Chișinău ...
from January to June 2007.


Biography

Veaceslav Iordan was born on 12 June 1966 in the village of Chircăieşti, Căușeni District. After graduating from secondary school in his native town in 1983, became a student at the Faculty of Engineering of the Academy of Construction in
Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
. After a year of study he did his mandatory military service in the
Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...
from 1984 to 1986. In 1986 he returned to the Academy where he continued his studies, obtaining a diploma in engineering. He began work as an engineer at the engineering department of Hotel Inturist from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he was employed as head of maintenance services for Railways of Moldova. In 2000, he was appointed as deputy director general for social and capital construction in the same company. In 2003, he was elected on party lists of Moldova to the Chișinău municipal council, then on 13 April, 2006, was elected Deputy Mayor of Chișinău. In the new position, he coordinated infrastructure issues household utilities, roads, transport, public lighting, funeral services, and the village green.


Appointment as Interim General Mayor of Chișinău

In 2003 Veaceslav Iordan was elected as municipal councilor of Chișinău on the lists of the
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (, PCRM) is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in a post-Soviet state. It has been variously described as Com ...
, and then on April 13, 2006, was elected as deputy mayor of Chișinău municipality. In the new position, he coordinated the problems related to the communal household infrastructure, roads, transport, public lighting, funeral services, green spaces and was also responsible for the activity of "Termocom" JSC, "Apa-canal Chișinău" JSC, CET-1, CET-2, "Chișinău-Gaz ". The appointment of the acting interim mayor of Chișinău,
Vasile Ursu Vasile Ursu (born 1 August 1948) is a Moldovan engineer and politician, MP at the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in 1990-1994, acting interim general mayor of Chișinău in 2005-2007 and minister of transport and road management for ...
, as minister came just four months before the general local elections in May, elections in which the interim mayor of Chișinău had announced the decision not to run. Vasile Ursu has resigned as mayor of Chișinău since January 25, 2007, and has empowered deputy mayor Veaceslav Iordan to perform the duties of the acting interim mayor of Chișinău. According to the Regulation regarding the activity of the municipal self-administration bodies, the right on empowering of the acting interim general mayor of the Chișinău municipality has the head of the administration of Chișinău. According to the Infotag Agency, at the extraordinary meeting of the Chișinău Municipal Council (CMC), several councilors have questioned the right of the acting interim mayor to appoint his successor, stating that this is the prerogative of the Council. In 2005, for special work merits, Veaceslav Iordan was decorated with the Order of the Republic. In a Top of the most influential Moldovans made up in 2006, Veaceslav Iordan ranked 10th, while interim mayor Vasile Ursu ranked 19th. At the local elections on June 3, 2007, Veaceslav Iordan obtained only 27.62% of the votes, with only three percent more than the first candidate
Dorin Chirtoacă Dorin Chirtoacă (born 9 August 1978) is a Moldovan politician who served as Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018. He has been leader of Liberal Party (Moldova), Liberal Party (PL) since 2018. Biography His mother is Valentina, sister of Ghe ...
, and in the second round held on June 17, 2007, given to the coalition of the majority of the opposition parties, he obtained only 38.83% of the votes and lost the elections.
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Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report: June 28, 2007
/ref> On August 1, 2007, the Government of the Republic of Moldova appointed Veaceslav Iordan as general director of the "Apele Moldovei" Agency.


References


External links


Electoral Program of the Candidate to the Position of General Mayor of Chisinau Veaceslav Iordan


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210031752/http://www.vipmagazin.md/profil/B%C4%83t%C4%83lia_pentru_Chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83u/ Bătălia pentru Chişinău. Veaceslav Iordan. „Ştiu exact ce trebuie să fac”]
Veaceslav Iordan a atacat Primăria în judecată
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