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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 2020Serving 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 60) Bardar, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	European Social Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Alliance for European Integration
Profession	Historian

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.

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

In May 2015 she submitted his candidacy for the mayoralty of Chișinău. In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan, contrary to the position and ideology of the DPM leaders, Marian Lupu and Dumitru Diacov, who declare that they speak Moldovan and that they are Moldovans and not Romanian. At the local elections in Chisinau on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.

Family

She is married and has a child. She speaks Russian, French and English.

References

1. Prim-ministrul Iurie Leancă a prezentat-o astăzi colectivului instituției pe noua ministră a Culturii, Monica Babuc
2. "Monica Babuc s-a înscris în cursa pentru Primăria Chişinău: Vin cu fapte concrete". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
3. "Eu vreau sa fiu primar cu Lorena Bogza" - 03.06.2015 - VIDEO

External links

• Monica Babuc at the Moldovan Government's website

v t e Filip Cabinet (2016–19)
Prime Minister	Pavel Filip
Deputy Prime Ministers	Andrei Galbur (resigned) Octavian Calmîc (resigned) Iurie Leancă Gheorghe Bălan (resigned) Cristina Lesnic Gheorghe Brega (resigned)
Ministers	Octavian Armașu (resigned) Ion Chicu Andrei Galbur (resigned) Tudor Ulianovschi Octavian Calmîc (resigned) Chiril Gaburici Monica Babuc Vasile Bîtca (resigned) Liviu Volconovici (resigned) Nicolae Ciubuc Vasile Botnari (resigned) Vladimir Cebotari (resigned) Alexandru Tănase (resigned) Victoria Iftodi Iurie Chirinciuc (resigned) Eduard Grama (resigned) Stela Grigoraș (resigned) Alexandru Jizdan Corina Fusu (resigned) Ruxanda Glavan (resigned) Svetlana Cebotari (resigned) Silvia Radu Valeriu Munteanu (resigned) Anatol Șalaru (resigned) Eugen Sturza Victor Zubcu (resigned)
Ex-officio members	Irina Vlah (Governor of Gagauzia) Gheorghe Duca (Head of Academy of Sciences of Moldova) (resigned)

v t e Streleț Cabinet (2015–2016)
Prime Minister	Valeriu Streleț
Deputy Prime Ministers	Natalia Gherman Stéphane Christophe Bridé Victor Osipov Gheorghe Brega
Ministers	Anatol Arapu Monica Babuc Oleg Balan Vasile Bîtca Stéphane Christophe Bridé Mircea Buga Vladimir Cebotari Iurie Chirinciuc Pavel Filip Corina Fusu Natalia Gherman Ruxanda Glavan Loretta Handrabura Valeriu Munteanu Ion Sula Anatol Șalaru
Ex-officio members	Irina Vlah (Governor of Gagauzia) Gheorghe Duca (Head of Academy of Sciences of Moldova)

v t e Gaburici Cabinet (2015)
Prime Minister	Chiril Gaburici
Deputy Prime Ministers	Natalia Gherman Stéphane Christophe Bridé Victor Osipov
Ministers	Serghei Afanasenco Anatol Arapu Monica Babuc Oleg Balan Vasile Bîtca Vasile Botnari Stéphane Christophe Bridé Mircea Buga Viorel Cibotaru Pavel Filip Natalia Gherman Ruxanda Glavan Vladimir Grosu Sergiu Palihovici Maia Sandu Ion Sula
Ex-officio members	Mihail Formuzal / Irina Vlah (Governor of Gagauzia) Gheorghe Duca (Head of Academy of Sciences of Moldova)

v t e Leancă Cabinet
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă
Deputy Prime Ministers	Eugen Carpov Tatiana Potîng Valeriu Lazăr Natalia Gherman
Ministers	Natalia Gherman Oleg Efrim Dorin Recean Maia Sandu Andrei Usatîi Veaceslav Negruţă Anatol Arapu Valeriu Lazăr Vasile Botnari Gheorghe Şalaru Monica Babuc Pavel Filip Marcel Răducan Valentina Buliga Vitalie Marinuța Vasile Bumacov Octavian Bodișteanu
Ex-officio members	Governor of Gagauzia Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

v t e Alliance for European Integration
Topics	July 2009 election Presidential election, November–December 2009 Constitutional Reform 2010 Constitutional Referendum Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship 2010 parliamentary election 2011–2012 presidential election
Parties	Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) Liberal Party (PL) Democratic Party (PDM) Our Moldova Alliance (AMN; 2009–2010)
First Cabinet	Filat Bodiu Bujor Buliga Catan Cebanu Cosarciuc Focșa Hotineanu Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Negrei Negruță Oleinic Osipov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase
Second Cabinet	Filat Leancă (acting) Șleahtițchi Sandu Buliga Roibu Recean Cebanu Țâcu Bumacov Focșa Usatîi Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Moldovanu Negruță Filip Carpov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase Efrim
PLDM MPs	Filat Tănase Godea Palihovici Nagacevschi Țap Vieru Balan Hotineanu Leancă Ghilețchi Șleahtițchi Agache Cimbriciuc Furdui Ioniță Streleț Butmalai Ionaș Ciobanu Olaru
PL MPs	Chirtoacă Ghimpu Șalaru Fusu Cojocaru Arhire Brega Vacarciuc Bodrug Guțu Hadârcă Nemerenco I. Lupu Moldovanu Vieru Apostol
PD MPs	M. Lupu Lazăr Corman Popov Băieșu Diacov Serebrian Stoianoglo Răducan Guma Ghilaș Buliga Jantuan Nantoi Arpentin Stratan Guznac
AMN MPs	Serafim Urechean Veaceslav Untilă Ion Pleșca Leonid Bujor Vasile Balan Iurie Colesnic Veaceslav Platon Valentin Chepteni
Cojocaru Commission	Cojocaru Cașu Musteață Tașcă Bahnaru Beșleagă Chircă Dragnev Eșanu Moșanu Parasca Petrencu Postică Țîcu Varta

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