Monica Babuc

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] During her tenure as Minister of Culture she approved the strategy "Culture-2020", laws on cinematography, public libraries, and scholarships.^[2] She also helped create the National Center of Cinematography, the National Film Archive and the Cinematography Register.^[2] She also announced in 2017 that the ministry would complete an evaluation of reform to schools.^[3]

Monica Babuc
Babuc in 2020
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 9 March 2019 – 23 July 2021
Parliamentary group	Democratic Party
In office 9 December 2014 – 18 February 2015
Succeeded by	Eugeniu Nichiforciuc
Parliamentary group	Democratic Party
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 18 June 2019 – 4 December 2020 Serving with Ion Ceban Mihai Popșoi Alexandru Slusari Vlad Batrîncea
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Maia Sandu Ion Chicu
Preceded by	Vladimir Vitiuc
Succeeded by	Vladimir Vitiuc
Minister of Education, Culture and Research
In office 26 July 2017 – 8 June 2019
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Corina Fusu (as Minister of Education)
Succeeded by	Liliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei
Minister of Culture
In office 30 May 2013 – 26 July 2017
President	Nicolae Timofti Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman (acting) Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting) Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Boris Focșa
Succeeded by	Sergiu Prodan (2021)
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-29) 29 March 1964 (age 61) Bardar, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	European Social Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Alliance for European Integration
Profession	Historian

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.^[4] From 2019 to 2020, she was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.^[5] She was the interim chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova in 2021.^[5]

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău.^[6] In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan.^[7] At the local elections in Chișinău on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.^[8]

In March 2023 she became the head of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Chișinău.^[9]

Early life

She was born on 29 March 1967 in Bardar in the Moldavian SSR.^[10] From 1981 to 1986, she studied at Moldova State University in the Faculty of History, and then afterwards completed her higher education at Moscow State University until 1989.^[10] After graduating, from 1989 to 1990 she was a lecturer in the Department of Political History at Moldova State University, and was then from 1990 to 2001 a consultant to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media in the Parliament of Moldova.^[10]

Family

She is married and has a child.^[11] In addition to Romanian, she speaks Russian, French and English.^[10]