Gheorghe Brega

Gheorghe Brega
Brega in 2016
Acting Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
30 October 2015 – 20 January 2016
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Preceded byValeriu Streleț
Succeeded byPavel Filip
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
for Social Affairs
In office
30 July 2015 – 30 May 2017
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterValeriu Streleț
Pavel Filip
Preceded byTatiana Potîng
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
22 April 2009 – 31 July 2015
Succeeded byRoman Boțan
Parliamentary groupLiberal Party
Personal details
Born (1951-09-25) 25 September 1951 (age 73)
Drepcăuți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Moldova)
Political partyLiberal Party
Other political
affiliations
Alliance for European
Integration
(2009–2013)
Pro-European Coalition
(2013–2015)
Political Alliance for a
European Moldova
(2015)
Alliance for European
Integration III
(2015–2016)
Alma materNicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Gheorghe Brega (born 25 September 1951) is a Moldovan physician and politician who was the acting Prime Minister of Moldova from 30 October 2015 to 20 January 2016. He served as Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs of Moldova from 30 July 2015 to 30 May 2017, and was a Member of the Moldovan Parliament from 2009 to 2015.

Biography

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Born in the village of Drepcăuți, Briceni District, Soviet Moldova, Brega graduated from Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chişinău in 1974. He was a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 31 July 2015.

On 30 October 2015 he was named as acting prime minister (locum tenens),[1] until Pavel Filip was chosen as a permanent replacement for Valeriu Streleț, and formed a new cabinet in which Brega continued his work as Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs. He was the first and last member of the Liberal Party (PL) to serve as prime minister in any capacity, even if acting.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Gheorghe Brega, numit premier interimar; Președintele Timofti se justifică: „Nimeni nu m-a presat, e decizia mea proprie”
  2. ^ Decretul nr. 1079/2013 privind conferirea Ordinului Național Steaua României
  3. ^ "Patru deputați moldoveni au primit din mîinile șefului statului român ordinul "Steaua României"". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Moldova
Acting

2015–2016
Succeeded by