Ministry of Culture (Moldova)

The Ministry of Culture (Romanian: Ministerul Culturii) is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova. The current minister is Sergiu Prodan.^[1] He has raised complaints due to the neglectance of culture in the Moldovan Government and the low salaries that the workers of the Ministry of Culture receive, specifying that in 2022 they would increase.^[2]

Ministry of Culture

Headquarters in Chișinău
Ministry overview
Formed	6 June 1990; 35 years ago (6 June 1990) (as Ministry of Culture and Cults)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Education, Culture and Research Ministry of Culture and Tourism Ministry of Culture and Cults
Jurisdiction	Government of Moldova
Headquarters	24 Nicolae Iorga Street, Chișinău
Minister responsible	Sergiu Prodan, Minister of Culture
Ministry executives	Ana Varzari, Secretary General Vladimir Vornic, Secretary of State Andrei Chistol, Secretary of State
Website	mc.gov.md

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Office term		Cabinet
1		Ion Ungureanu (1935–2017)	6 June 1990	5 April 1994	Druc Muravschi Sangheli I
2		Mihail Cibotaru (1934–2021)	5 April 1994	24 January 1997	Sangheli II
3		Ghenadie Ciobanu (born 1957)	24 January 1997	19 April 2001	Ciubuc I-II Sturza Braghiș
4		Ion Păcuraru (born 1952)	19 April 2001	23 December 2002	Tarlev I
5		Veaceslav Madan (born 1948)	23 December 2002	19 April 2005
6		Artur Cozma (born 1967)	19 April 2005	1 December 2008	Tarlev II Greceanîi I
7		Mihail Barbulat (born 1971)	10 June 2009	25 September 2009	Greceanîi II
8		Boris Focșa (born 1968)	25 September 2009	30 May 2013	Filat I-II
9		Monica Babuc (born 1964)	30 May 2013	26 July 2017	Leancă Gaburici Streleț Filip
10		Sergiu Prodan (born 1963)	6 August 2021	Incumbent	Gavrilița Recean