Monica Babuc

PresidentIgor DodonPrime MinisterMaia Sandu
Ion ChicuPreceded byVladimir VitiucSucceeded byVladimir VitiucMinister of Education, Culture and ResearchIn office
26 July 2017 – 8 June 2019PresidentIgor DodonPrime MinisterPavel FilipPreceded byCorina Fusu (as Minister of Education)Succeeded byLiliana Nicolaescu-OnofreiMinister of CultureIn office
30 May 2013 – 26 July 2017PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor DodonPrime MinisterIurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici
Natalia Gherman (acting)
Valeriu Streleț
Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel FilipPreceded byBoris FocșaSucceeded bySergiu Prodan (2021) Personal detailsBorn (1964-03-29) 29 March 1964 (age 60)
Bardar, Moldavian SSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyEuropean Social Democratic PartyOther political
affiliationsAlliance for European IntegrationProfessionHistorian

Monica Babuc (born 29 March 1964) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019.^[1]

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.^[2] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan,^[3] contrary to the position and ideology of the DPM leaders, Marian Lupu and Dumitru Diacov, who declare that they speak Moldovan and that they are Moldovans and not Romanian. At the local elections in Chisinau on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.

Family

She is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, French and English.

References

External links

• Monica Babuc at the Moldovan Government's website