Aureliu Ciocoi

Aureliu Ciocoi
Ciocoi in 2021
Moldovan Ambassador to Germany and Denmark
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 December 2021
PresidentMaia Sandu
Prime MinisterNatalia Gavrilița
Dorin Recean
Preceded byOleg Serebrian
In office
21 June 2010 – 16 June 2015
PresidentMihai Ghimpu (acting)
Vladimir Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
Nicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterVladimir Filat
Iurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Preceded byIgor Corman
Succeeded byOleg Serebrian
Acting Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
31 December 2020 – 6 August 2021
PresidentMaia Sandu
DeputyOlga Cebotari
Preceded byIon Chicu
Succeeded byNatalia Gavrilița
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office
9 November 2020 – 6 August 2021
PresidentIgor Dodon
Maia Sandu
Prime MinisterIon Chicu
Preceded byOleg Țulea
Succeeded byNicu Popescu
In office
14 November 2019 – 16 March 2020
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterIon Chicu
Preceded byNicu Popescu
Succeeded byOleg Țulea
Foreign Policy Advisor to the President
In office
17 March 2020 – 9 November 2020
PresidentIgor Dodon
Preceded byEugen Caras
Succeeded byCristina Gherasimov
In office
26 April 2018 – 14 November 2019
PresidentIgor Dodon
Preceded byAndrei Neguța
Succeeded byEugen Caras
Moldovan Ambassador to the United States
In office
10 July 2017 – 14 November 2017
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterPavel Filip
Preceded byIgor Munteanu
Succeeded byCristina Balan
Moldovan Ambassador to China and Vietnam
In office
23 November 2015 – 7 June 2017
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Prime MinisterGheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel Filip
Preceded byAnatolie Urecheanu
Succeeded byDenis Jelimalai
Personal details
Born (1968-06-05) 5 June 1968 (age 56)
Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Citizenship Moldova
Political partyIndependent
Children1
Alma materMoldova State University
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
ProfessionDiplomat

Aureliu Ciocoi (pronunciation: [a.uˈrelju tʃjoˈkoj]; born 5 June 1968) is a Moldovan diplomat and politician who served as Acting Prime Minister of Moldova from December 2020 to August 2021.[1] He is currently the country's ambassador to Germany and Denmark. Prior positions that Ciocoi held include being the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to the United States, China and Vietnam.[2][3][4][5][6]

Ciocoi was named acting prime minister on 31 December 2020 after Ion Chicu, who submitted his resignation a week earlier, refused to stay on in an acting capacity until a new government was formed.[7][8][9]

Biography

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Aureliu Ciocoi was born on 5 June 1968 in Chișinău. He graduated from the Primary, Secondary and High School No. 11 (today the Lyceum "Ion Creangă").[10] From 1986 to 1988, he was a soldier in the Soviet Border Troops of the KGB. Between 1985 and 1992, he studied at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the Moldova State University. From 1992 to 1994, he studied at the Faculty of International Relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania. While studying at the university, he worked at the Central Publishing House in Chișinău.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, he became a journalist for several daily newspapers.[11] He worked as ambassador to Germany and Denmark from 2010 to 2015, as well as to China and Vietnam from 2015 to 2017. He also briefly served as ambassador to the United States in 2017.[11] From 2018 to 2019, he was an adviser to President Igor Dodon on foreign policy issues. After resigning from the cabinet on 9 November, he was appointed as foreign minister once again.[11] On 31 December 2020, President Maia Sandu appointed him as interim prime minister after Prime Minister Ion Chicu resigned on 23 December.[11]

Personal life

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He is married and has one child. He speaks fluent Romanian, Russian, English, German, and French. He was a sportsman in the 1980s, being a Master of Sport of the USSR and a member of the Moldovan national junior team in shooting. His hobbies include philosophy, literature, and theatre.[11]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Necșuțu, Mădălin (9 November 2020). "Chicu Reshuffles Moldovan Govt Ahead of Presidential Run-Off". BalkanInsight. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Moldovan acting president signs decrees appointing new ambassadors". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  3. ^ Government approves ten candidates for ambassador Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Four more Moldovan ambassadors accepted – Moldova Azi". www.azi.md. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved Apr 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Timpul de dimineață, Cine ne sunt ambasadorii? (FOTO)
  6. ^ "Игорь Додон представил коллективам трех новых министров". president.md. Retrieved Apr 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Maia Sandu l-a numit premier interimar pe Aureliu Ciocoi". www.moldpres.md. Retrieved Apr 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Președintele Republicii Moldova, Maia Sandu, a semnat decretul de numire în calitate de premier interimar a domnului Aureliu Ciocoi". www.presedinte.md. Retrieved Apr 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "UPDATE 1-Moldova president appoints acting prime minister". Reuters. Dec 31, 2020. Retrieved Apr 1, 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
  10. ^ "| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova". mfa.gov.md. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Aureliu Ciocoi – [node:field-job-position:i18n-name] | Government of Republic of Moldova". gov.md. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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