Dorin Recean
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Key facts
- President
- Maia Sandu
- Deputy
- See list Nicu Popescu , Dumitru Alaiba , Vladimir Bolea , Oleg Serebrian , Mihai Popșoi , Cristina Gherasimov , Doina Nistor , Roman Roșca
- Preceded by
- Natalia Gavrilița
- Succeeded by
- Alexandru Munteanu
- Parliamentary group
- Party of Action and Solidarity
- Prime minister
- Vlad Filat , Iurie Leancă
- Minister
- Alexandru Oleinic , Pavel Filip
- Born
- ( 1974-03-17 ) 17 March 1974 (age 52) , Dondușeni , Moldavian SSR , Soviet Union (now Moldova )
- Citizenship
- Moldova , Romania
- Party
- Independent
- Other political affiliations
- Party of Action and Solidarity (2025)
- Spouse
- Stella Recean
- Education
- Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova ( BA ), Newport International University ( MBA )
- Occupation
- Politician professor businessman
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Dondușeni
- Occupation
- jurist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Dorin RECEAN, Fracțiunea parlamentară „Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate”.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1974-03-17
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- Dorin Recean
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- Dorin Recean
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- Dorin Recean
- ethnic group
- Romanians
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorin Recean (born 17 March 1974) is a Moldovan politician, economist, and oligarch who served as Prime Minister of Moldova from February 2023 to November 2025. Since 2022 he has also served as Presidential Advisor on Defense and National Security, and Secretary of Moldova's Supreme Security Council. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015. He has extensive experience in the private sector and in the IT industry with a specialisation in data, including big data, and information analysis. He also worked in development institutions and was previously a lecturer at several universities.
He is considered to be pro-Western and a strong supporter of the accession of Moldova to the European Union. He has opposed and criticised Russia's involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war and supported subsequent steps to reduce Moldova's economic dependence on Russia, expressing his sympathy and support for Ukraine in the conflict. He has argued for increased military cooperation between Moldova and NATO.
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