{"id":11681,"date":"2026-07-21T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=11681"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:51:53","slug":"moldovas-parliament-elects-44-year-old-businessman-investor-vasile-tofan-as-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=11681","title":{"rendered":"Moldova’s parliament elects 44-year-old businessman investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Moldova\u2019s pro-Western parliament elected businessman and investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister on Tuesday, entrusting a political newcomer with advancing the former Soviet republic\u2019s bid to join the European Union.<\/p>\n

Tofan, 44, who is backed by President\u00a0Maia Sandu\u00a0and her Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), was elected by 53 to 21, with 21 abstentions in Moldova\u2019s 101-seat Parliament.<\/p>\n

A senior partner at the Ukraine-based investment firm Horizon Capital until recently, Tofan gained a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School, and bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in public administration from Erasmus University, in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

His election comes three weeks after former Alexandru Munteanu\u00a0stepped down\u00a0as prime minister after only eight months in a surprise move that automatically triggered the government\u2019s resignation. Munteanu did not give a clear reason for his departure, saying only that he could \u201cno longer exercise my mandate in accordance with my principles and beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandu, who nominated Tofan for prime minister, said at the time that Moldova \u201cmust have a united, strong team in the government\u201d to fulfill its ambition of joining the EU. She tasked Tofan with proposing a new cabinet after the previous ministers were forced to resign.<\/p>\n

Landlocked between Ukraine to the east and EU and NATO member Romania to the west,\u00a0Moldova\u00a0was a Soviet republic until it proclaimed independence in 1991.<\/p>\n

Primarily Romanian-speaking, but with a sizable Russian-speaking minority, Moldova has in recent years taken a clear West-leaning path, turning the country into a geopolitical battleground between Russia and Europe.<\/p>\n

As part of the EU accession process, Moldova and Ukraine\u00a0opened negotiations last month\u00a0on a cluster of five chapters linked to the values and principles on which the EU was founded, such as the rule of law, respect for fundamental rights and the functioning of democratic institutions.<\/p>\n

Both countries also\u00a0opened a second cluster\u00a0last week focused on foreign relations, security and defense policies, as well as trade policy, development cooperation and humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

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