Valentin Mândâcanu

{{Short description|Moldovan writer and politician}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mihăileni, Bălţi, Romania

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Valentin Mândâcanu (27 July 1930 – 29 October 2012) was a writer and politician from Republic of Moldova.{{cite web | url=http://ziar.jurnal.md/2012/10/30/ne-a-parasit-valentin-mandacanu/ | title=Ne-a părăsit Valentin Mândâcanu | publisher=Jurnal de Chişinău | access-date=2013-06-27 | archive-date=2013-09-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074448/http://ziar.jurnal.md/2012/10/30/ne-a-parasit-valentin-mandacanu/ | url-status=dead }}

Mândâcanu was a founder of the Democratic Movement of Moldova.{{cite web|url=http://www.literaturasiarta.md/pressview.php?l=ro&idc=3&id=1145&zidc=3|publisher=literaturasiarta.md|title=Literatura şi Arta | Comandoul minciunii |access-date=2016-12-10}} He was elected in 1990 election and served as member of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova (1990–1994).{{cite web|url=http://www.edusoft.ro/rol/Valentin%20Mandacanu.php|publisher=edusoft.ro|title=Rocarta-online | Mandacanu, Valentin |access-date=2016-12-10}}