Dorin Recean

Dorin Recean
Recean in 2024
16th Prime Minister of Moldova
Assumed office
16 February 2023
PresidentMaia Sandu
Deputy
Preceded byNatalia Gavrilița
Defense and National Security Advisor to the President – Secretary of the Supreme Security Council
In office
7 February 2022 – 16 February 2023
PresidentMaia Sandu
Preceded byAna Revenco
Succeeded byStanislav Secrieru
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
24 July 2012 – 18 February 2015
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterVlad Filat
Iurie Leancă
Preceded byAlexei Roibu
Succeeded byOleg Balan
Deputy Minister of Information Technology and Communications
In office
29 January 2010 – 24 July 2012
PresidentMihai Ghimpu (acting)
Vlad Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
Nicolae Timofti
Prime MinisterVlad Filat
MinisterAlexandru Oleinic
Pavel Filip
Personal details
Born (1974-03-17) 17 March 1974 (age 50)
Dondușeni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipMoldova
Romania[1]
Political partyIndependent
SpouseStella Recean
Children2
EducationAcademy of Economic Studies of Moldova (BA)
Newport International University (MBA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
  • businessman

Dorin Recean (born 17 March 1974) is a Moldovan economist and politician serving as Prime Minister of Moldova since February 2023. Since 2022 he has also served as Presidential Advisor on Defense and National Security, and Secretary of Moldova's Supreme Security Council. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015. He has extensive experience in the private sector and in the IT industry with a specialisation in data, including big data, and information analysis. He also worked in development institutions and was previously a lecturer at several universities.

He is considered to be pro-Western and a strong supporter of the accession of Moldova to the European Union.[2] He has opposed and criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supported subsequent steps to reduce Moldova's economic dependence on Russia, expressing his sympathy and support for Ukraine in the conflict.[3] He has argued for increased military cooperation between Moldova and NATO.[4][5]

  1. ^ "EXCLUSIV. Dorin Recean: "Rusia își extinde războiul hibrid și în România și în alte țări UE". De ce George Simion e interzis în Republica Moldova".
  2. ^ "Factbox: Who is new Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean?". Reuters. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ Mînzat, Olga (25 May 2023). "Dorin Recean, at the Kyiv Security Forum: we stand by the people of Ukraine and share a common European future". Radio Moldova. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ Golban, Ionela (28 April 2023). "Dorin Recean: Moldova will increase the spectrum of cooperation with NATO". Radio Moldova. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ "MOLDOVA CONTINUES TO MODERNIZE DEFENSE SECTOR ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS". 17 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.