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Curriculum Vitae
1963: Born, Cimislia
1981-86: Studied at the State Institute of International Relations, Moscow
1989: Second secretary, Soviet embassy in Bucharest
1989-93: European affairs specialist at the foreign ministry of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and (from 1991) independent Moldova
1993-97: Deputy head of mission, Moldovan embassy in Washington, DC
1998-2002: Deputy minister for foreign affairs
2001-05: Deputy chief executive of Ascom, a Moldovan energy company
2005-07: Senior adviser to the high commissioner on national minorities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
2007-09: Deputy chief executive of Ascom
2009-: Member of Liberal Democratic party
2009-: Member of parliament
2009-: Foreign minister
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