Valerian Cristea

Valerian Cristea (born 1 August 1950) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat, currently serving as Deputy Mayor of Orhei.^[1][2] In 1998, Cristea was elected to the Parliament of Moldova as a Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova candidate and was re-elected in 2001.^[3] He was the Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006.^[2] He was also the ambassador of Moldova to the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2009.^{[citation needed]} Cristea studied at the Technical University of Moldova.^[2]

Valerian Cristea
Deputy Mayor of Orhei
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2015
Preceded by	Ala Savin
Moldovan Ambassador to the Czech Republic
In office 16 January 2007 – 21 November 2009[citation needed]
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting) Vladimir Filat
Preceded by	Mihail Laur
Succeeded by	Ștefan Gorda
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 19 April 2001 – 15 November 2006
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Lidia Guțu
Succeeded by	Vitalie Vrabie
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 22 March 1998 – 19 April 2001
Succeeded by	Semion Dragan
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
Personal details
Born	Vîprova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union