Moldova Parliamentary Committee Approves Four Ambassador Nominees

The nominations of the ambassadors to Greece, Belgium, Lithuania and Qatar have been approved by the parliamentary committee

The Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee approved, at today’s meeting, positive advisory opinions on the nominations of four ambassadors of the Republic of Moldova.

Alexandru Codreanu, Vitalie Rusu, Angelica Munteanu, Valeriu Mija

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Alexandru Codreanu is to be appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Hellenic Republic;

Angelica Munteanu – as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Republic of Lithuania;

Valeriu Mija – as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Kingdom of Belgium;

Vitalie Rusu – as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the State of Qatar.

Alexandru Codreanu is a career diplomat with over 30 years’ experience within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and holds the diplomatic rank of ambassador. He currently heads the Directorate-General for Cooperation with the European Union. He has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Czech Republic and to the Holy See, as well as to Hungary, whilst also being accredited concurrently to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. He represented the Republic of Moldova at the Danube Commission. Previously, he served as adviser to the Prime Minister on foreign policy and European integration and headed the Directorate-General for Bilateral Cooperation, as well as the OSCE and Council of Europe directorates within the ministry.

Angelica Munteanu is a career diplomat with over 18 years’ experience in the diplomatic service and holds the diplomatic rank of Minister-Counsellor. She currently serves as Minister-Counsellor at the Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union and heads the political team responsible for the Republic of Moldova’s EU accession negotiations and the European Union’s enlargement process. Previously, he worked in the European Integration Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Republic of Moldova’s embassies in Poland and the Czech Republic. He has experience in bilateral political cooperation and in relations with the EU in the field of security and defence. He holds a Master’s degree in international law from the State University of Moldova.

Valeriu Mija has over 30 years’ experience in the field of national and international security, as well as defence policy. Since 2024, he has held the post of State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, he was State Secretary for Defence Policy and Head of the Defence Policy and Defence Planning Directorate within the Ministry of Defence. He has served in OSCE missions in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, as well as in election observation missions in several countries. He holds a PhD in political science and is a senior lecturer at ULIM. He has a Master’s degree in international security and civil-military relations, obtained in the USA, and has completed executive programmes at Harvard University, the NATO Defence College and the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies.

Vitalie Rusu is a career diplomat with 29 years’ experience in the diplomatic service and holds the diplomatic rank of Minister Plenipotentiary. He currently serves as Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for issues relating to the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, the Joint Control Commission and regional security matters. He also oversees matters relating to remembrance policies, including the promotion of Holocaust remembrance. He previously served as Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Czech Republic, whilst also being accredited to the Holy See in a concurrent capacity. Prior to that, he held senior positions within the ministry and served in the Republic of Moldova’s permanent missions to the OSCE and the UN Office in Vienna. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University in Iași.

The four ambassadors will be able to take up their posts once all legal procedures have been completed, including their appointment by Government decision and presidential decree.

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.

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