Ion Ceban

Ion Ceban
Ceban in 2019
Mayor of Chișinău
Assumed office
11 November 2019
Deputy
Preceded byAndrei Năstase
President of the National Alternative Movement
Assumed office
21 December 2022
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
8 June 2019 – 13 November 2019
Serving with
PresidentIgor Dodon
Prime MinisterMaia Sandu
Preceded byValeriu Ghilețchi
Succeeded byVlad Batrîncea
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
9 March 2019 – 14 November 2019
Succeeded byMihail Paciu
Parliamentary groupParty of Socialists
In office
5 June 2011 – 21 July 2015
Succeeded byAdrian Lebedinschi
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Party of Socialists
Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council
In office
21 July 2015 – 11 April 2019
Deputy Minister of Education and Youth
In office
21 November 2007 – 25 April 2008
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
MinisterVictor Țvircun
Larisa Șavga
Personal details
Born (1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 44)
Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyParty of Communists (2004–2012)
Party of Socialists (2012–2019)
National Alternative Movement (since 2022)
SpouseTatiana Țaulean [ro]
Children2
Alma materMoldova State University
Technical University of Moldova
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Ion Ceban (born 30 June 1980) is a Moldovan politician, and the current mayor of Chișinău, Moldova's capital. He is also the leader of the pro-European National Alternative Movement party (Mișcarea Alternativa Națională or MAN). Ceban was Vice President of the Moldovan parliament in 2019 and has served as a member of parliament in three legislatures. He also served as a leader of his party's faction in the Chișinău Municipal Council from 2015 to 2019. He has held different positions at the governmental level, starting from the head of a department to Deputy Minister.