National Security Council of Moldova

The National Security Council (NSC) (Romanian: Consiliul Național de Securitate, CNS) is an advisory body to the President of Moldova (concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Moldovan Armed Forces) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions.^[1][2] Its authority is vested in the Constitution of Moldova. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Permanent members of the council since October 2009^[3] have included the following:^[4][5]

National Security Council of Moldova

Consiliul Național de Securitate al Republicii Moldova
Seal of the NSC
Agency overview
Formed	31 October 1995; 30 years ago (1995-10-31)
Jurisdiction	Moldova
Headquarters	Presidential Palace, Chișinău
Agency executives	Maia Sandu, President Stanislav Secrieru, Secretary
Website	presedinte.md/eng/cadrul-normativ

Members

The Presidential Palace in Chișinău is the meeting place of the NSC

• Maia Sandu – President of the NSC; President of Moldova
• Stanislav Secrieru – Secretary of the NSC; Defense and National Security Advisor to the President
• Igor Grosu – President of the Moldovan Parliament
• Alexandru Munteanu – Prime Minister of Moldova
• Lilian Carp – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order
• Anatolie Nosatîi – Minister of Defense
• Daniella Misail-Nichitin – Minister of Internal Affairs
• Alexandru Musteață – Director of the Security and Intelligence Service
• Alexandru Machidon – Prosecutor General of Moldova
• Anca Dragu – Governor of the National Bank of Moldova
• Mihai Popșoi – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Valeriu Chiveri – Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration
• Cristina Gherasimov – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration
• Vladislav Cojuhari – Minister of Justice
• Andrian Gavriliță – Minister of Finance
• Veronica Roșca – Chair of the Parliamentary Judicial Committee for Appointments and Immunities
• Ana Revenco – Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation
• Alexei Buzu – Secretary General of the Government

Whenever the new composition of the CNS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend.^[6][7]

In wartime, the CNS is renamed to the National Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in their position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.^[8]

List of Secretaries

President	Photo	Name	Term start	Term end
Vladimir Voronin		Valeriu Gurbulea	18 July 2001	19 February 2004
		Ion Morei	20 February 2004	11 September 2009
Mihai Ghimpu (acting)		Iurie Richicinschi	9 November 2009	11 April 2012
Vlad Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
Nicolae Timofti		Alexei Barbăneagră[9]	11 April 2012	23 December 2016
Igor Dodon		Artur Gumeniuc[10][11]	3 March 2017	25 June 2019
		Victor Gaiciuc	12 August 2019	14 November 2019
			16 March 2020	9 November 2020
Maia Sandu		Ana Revenco	21 January 2021	2 September 2021
		Dorin Recean	7 February 2022	16 February 2023
		Stanislav Secrieru	1 September 2023	Incumbent

See also

• Government of Moldova
• Supreme Council of National Defence (Romania)
• National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
• Security Council of Russia