Aureliu Ciocoi

{{short description|Moldovan diplomat and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Aureliu Ciocoi

| image = Aureliu Ciocoi (13-04-2021).jpg

| office = Moldovan Ambassador to Germany and Denmark

| president = Maia Sandu

| term_start = 20 December 2021

| term_end =

| predecessor = Oleg Serebrian

| successor =

| primeminister2 = Vladimir Filat
Iurie Leancă
Chiril Gaburici

| term_start2 = 21 June 2010

| term_end2 = 16 June 2015

| predecessor2 = Igor Corman

| successor2 = Oleg Serebrian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|06|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Independent

| otherparty =

| spouse =

| children = 1

| alma_mater = Moldova State University
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

| profession = Diplomat

| office3 = Acting Prime Minister of Moldova

| termstart3 = 31 December 2020

| termend3 = 6 August 2021

| order3 =

| status3 =

| deputy3 = Olga Cebotari

| president3 = Maia Sandu

| predecessor3 = Ion Chicu

| successor3 = Natalia Gavrilița

| office4 = Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

| predecessor4 = Oleg Țulea

| president4 = Igor Dodon
Maia Sandu

| successor4 = Nicu Popescu

| termstart4 = 9 November 2020

| termend4 = 6 August 2021

| president5 = Igor Dodon

| successor5 = Oleg Țulea

| predecessor5 = Nicu Popescu

| termstart5 = 14 November 2019

| termend5 = 16 March 2020

| office6 = Foreign Policy Advisor to the President

| termstart6 = 17 March 2020

| termend6 = 9 November 2020

| president6 = Igor Dodon

| successor6 = Cristina Gherasimov

| predecessor6 = Eugen Caras

| president2 = Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Vladimir Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
Nicolae Timofti

| citizenship = {{flagcountry|Republic of Moldova}}

| successor9 = Denis Jelimalai

| primeminister9 = Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel Filip

| president9 = Nicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon

| termend9 = 7 June 2017

| termstart9 = 23 November 2015

| president8 = Igor Dodon

| office9 = Moldovan Ambassador to China and Vietnam

| successor8 = Cristina Balan

| predecessor8 = Igor Munteanu

| primeminister8 = Pavel Filip

| president7 = Igor Dodon

| termend8 = 14 November 2017

| termstart8 = 10 July 2017

| office8 = Moldovan Ambassador to the United States

| predecessor7 = Andrei Neguța

| successor7 = Eugen Caras

| termend7 = 14 November 2019

| termstart7 = 26 April 2018

| primeminister5 = Ion Chicu

| primeminister4 = Ion Chicu

| primeminister = Natalia Gavrilița
Dorin Recean

| predecessor9 = Anatolie Urecheanu

| caption = Ciocoi in 2021

}}

Aureliu Ciocoi ({{IPA|ro|a.uˈrelju tʃjoˈkoj|lang}}; born 5 June 1968) is a Moldovan diplomat and politician who served as Acting Prime Minister of Moldova from December 2020 to August 2021.{{Cite news|last=Necșuțu|first=Mădălin|date=9 November 2020|title=Chicu Reshuffles Moldovan Govt Ahead of Presidential Run-Off|work=BalkanInsight|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/11/09/chicu-reshuffles-moldovan-govt-ahead-of-presidential-run-off/|access-date=14 February 2021}} He is currently the country's ambassador to Germany and Denmark. Prior positions that Ciocoi held include being the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to the United States, China and Vietnam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.moldova.md/en/newslst/1211/1/3435/ |title=Moldovan acting president signs decrees appointing new ambassadors |access-date=2010-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308111028/http://www.moldova.md/en/newslst/1211/1/3435/ |archive-date=2012-03-08 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249047462.html Government approves ten candidates for ambassador] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308151509/http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249047462.html |date=2012-03-08 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.azi.md/en/story/11801|title=Four more Moldovan ambassadors accepted – Moldova Azi|website=www.azi.md|accessdate=Apr 1, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303211647/http://www.azi.md/en/story/11801|url-status=dead}}Timpul de dimineață, [http://www.timpul.md/articol/cine-ne-sunt-ambasadorii-(foto)-12654.html Cine ne sunt ambasadorii? (FOTO)]{{Cite web|url=http://president.md/rus/presa/igor-dodon-a-prezentat-efectivelor-ministerelor-trei-noi-ministri|title=Игорь Додон представил коллективам трех новых министров|website=president.md|accessdate=Apr 1, 2021}}

Ciocoi was named acting prime minister on 31 December 2020 after Ion Chicu, who submitted his resignation a week earlier, refused to stay on in an acting capacity until a new government was formed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moldpres.md/news/2020/12/31/20010401|title=Maia Sandu l-a numit premier interimar pe Aureliu Ciocoi|website=www.moldpres.md|accessdate=Apr 1, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.presedinte.md/rom/presa/presedintele-republicii-moldova-maia-sandu-a-semnat-decretul-de-numire-in-calitate-de-premier-interimar-a-domnului-aurel-ciocoi|title=Președintele Republicii Moldova, Maia Sandu, a semnat decretul de numire în calitate de premier interimar a domnului Aureliu Ciocoi|website=www.presedinte.md|accessdate=Apr 1, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/moldova-president-premier-idUSL1N2JB0JG|title=UPDATE 1-Moldova president appoints acting prime minister|newspaper=Reuters|date=Dec 31, 2020|accessdate=Apr 1, 2021|via=www.reuters.com}}