Vlad Batrîncea
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Maia Sandu
Aureliu Ciocoi (acting)
Natalia Gavrilița
Dorin Recean
Alexandru Munteanu
Igor Grosu
Vlad Batrîncea | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| Assumed office 29 November 2019 | |
| President | Igor Dodon Maia Sandu |
| Prime Minister | Ion Chicu Aureliu Ciocoi (acting) Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean Alexandru Munteanu |
| Speaker | Zinaida Greceanîi Igor Grosu |
| Preceded by | Ion Ceban |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2014 | |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Socialists Bloc of Communists and Socialists |
| Executive Secretary of the Party of Socialists | |
| In office 29 January 2022 – 10 April 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Igor Dodon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1981 |
| Party | Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (since 2011) |
| Other political affiliations | Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (until 2011) |
| Awards | Order of Work Glory |
Vlad Batrîncea (born 31 March 1981) is a Moldovan politician who currently serves as Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova (since November 2019). He was the executive secretary of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and the de facto leader of the party from 2022 to 2023.
Education
Batrincea was registered at the Faculty of History and philosophy of Moldovan State University in 1999.[1] After the first year of studies he was expelled due to overdue and absent hours.[2] He followed his studies at Slavonic University in Moldova, where he took his master's degree in international law.[3] Batrîncea is also a chess player.[4]
Political career
He was a Member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova until 2011.[5][6][4] In that year he was part of Igor Dodon's group that left the communists, setting up the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova.[7] In PSRM, Batrîncea has been on a rapid rise, becoming a Member of the Republican Committee of the PSRM, a Member of the party's political Executive Committee, and since June 2013 – executive secretary of the party. In the parliamentary elections of 30 November 2014 in the Republic of Moldova, he ran for the post of deputy from PSRM, being the 7th in the list, and therefore won the mandate of deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.[8] Since March 9, 2019, he has been a member, from the PSRM fraction, in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. On 9 June 2019, Vlad Batrîncea was elected President of the PSRM fraction in the Parliament.[9]
Political position
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As a member of the PSRM, Batrîncea is known for his strong pro-Russian stance, supporting Moldova's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (Moldova currently has observer status in this organisation).[10][11] He is also known for his populist rhetoric.[12] In April 2022, Batrîncea led a failed attempt by the PSRM to dismiss Octavian Armașu as governor of the National Bank of Moldova.[13][14]
Regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine Batrîncea stated on 16 June 2023: "Russia is to blame for this war, and other politicians and important countries of the world are responsible for this war. I am talking about those who fuel militaristic rhetoric in every possible way."[15]