Vlad Filat

Vladimir " Vlad " Filat (Russian Влад Филат; born May 6, 1969 in Lapusna, raion Hînceşti, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union ) is a Moldovan politician. He is chairman of the Liberal Democrat din Moldova Partidul ( PLDM; German Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova ) and was dated 25 September 2009 to March 5, 2013 Prime Minister of Moldova.

Biography

After finishing school in his birthplace made ​​Vlad Filat 1987-1989 his military service in the Soviet army from. From 1990 to 1994 he studied law at the Law Faculty of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi (Romania).

After studying Filat initially remained in Iaşi, where he worked in the private sector. In 1998 he returned to Moldavia, where he was appointed Director General of the Office of privatization and management of state property. From March to November 1999 he was Minister of State in the Moldovan government. In 2000 he was appointed Chairman of the Democrat din Moldova Partidul selected ( German Democratic Party of Moldavia ), for which he entered after the 2005 elections to parliament. In the local elections in 2007, he joined unsuccessfully as a candidate for mayor in the capital Chisinau. It reached 8.3% of the vote. In September 2007, Vlad Filat left his former party and was elected in December of the year as the first chairman of the newly formed PLDM.

After the parliamentary elections in April 2009, Filat participated together with the leaders of other opposition parties in the protests against the ruling Communists, election fraud was accused.

The new elections in July 2009 brought a brief parliamentary majority of Western-oriented liberal and democratic parties. They came together to form the Alliance for European Integration. The newly elected Parliament Speaker Mihai Ghimpu suggested in his capacity as head of state kommissarisches September 17, 2009 Vlad Filat for the office of prime minister before. This has been elected as the new Prime Minister by Parliament on 25 September. After the parliamentary elections on 28 November 2010, the Alliance was able to expand their majority from 53 to 59 seats for European Integration, Filat was confirmed in his office.

On March 5, 2013, the said 54 of the 101 Members of Parliament from the mistrust. His re- appointment to form a government on April 10, 2013 by President Nicolae Timofti was declared by the Constitutional Court to be unconstitutional. His interim successor then became Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca.