Vasile Bîtca

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{{Short description|Moldovan politician (born 1971)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Vasile Bîtca

| image = 16.07.2020 Briefing de presă al deputaților grupului parlamentar Pro Moldova (50119505802).jpg

| office = Member of the Moldovan Parliament

| term_start = 9 March 2019

| predecessor =

| successor =

| president =

| primeminister =

| office2 =

| term_start2 = 9 December 2014

| term_end2 = 18 February 2015

| president2 =

| primeminister2 =

| office3 = Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment

| term_start3 = 25 July 2017

| term_end3 = 21 December 2017

| successor3 = Liviu Volconovici

| office4 = Minister of Regional Development and Construction

| term_start4 = 18 February 2015

| term_end4 = 25 July 2017

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nisporeni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

| alma_mater = Ştefan cel Mare Police Academy

| party = Pro Moldova

| otherparty = Political Alliance for a European Moldova

| occupation = Politician

| president3 = Igor Dodon

| president4 = Nicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon

| primeminister3 = Pavel Filip

| primeminister4 = Chiril Gaburici
Natalia Gherman (acting)
Valeriu Streleț
Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Pavel Filip

| predecessor3 = Eduard Grama (as Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry)

| predecessor4 = Marcel Răducan

| termend = 23 July 2021

| successor4 = Andrei Spînu (2021) (as Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development)

| parliamentarygroup = Democratic Party
Pro Moldova Party

| parliamentarygroup1 =

| parliamentarygroup2 = Democratic Party

| caption = Bîtca in 2020

}}

Vasile Bîtca (born 1 December 1971) is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment from 18 February 2015 to 20 December 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/20/12/2017/5a3a81272ae5968dc6108a93?from=newsfeed|title=В Молдавии в отставку отправили шестерых министров|website=РБК|access-date=20 December 2017}}

At the 2014 Moldovan parliamentary election he was elected as Member of Parliament of Moldova as candidate of the Democratic Party of Moldova,[http://cec.md/index.php?pag=news&id=1373&rid=11771&l=ro Alegeri parlamentare » 30 noiembrie 2014 » Concurenți electorali » Formațiuni politice » Partidul Democrat din Moldova] but in short time he left the office to become minister.

Between 2007 and 2011 Vasile Bîtca worked as Deputy Mayor of Nisporeni City, and between 2001 and 2015 he served as President of Nisporeni District.

Vasile Bîtca is married to Natalia Bîtcă,[http://www.jurnaltv.md/ro/news/2015/2/28/ministri-cu-lipici-la-banul-public-10101510/ Miniștri cu lipici la banul public] with whom he has four daughters.[http://shok.md/ultimele-stiri/tata-patru-fete-familia-frumoasa-a-ministrului-vasile-bitca-foto.html Are tata PATRU fete! Familia FRUMOASĂ a ministrului Vasile Bîtcă!]

On 18 May 2020, Bîtca joined, together with the politician Ghenadie Verdeș, the parliamentary group Pro Moldova,{{cite news|url=https://www.zdg.md/importante/doc-inca-doi-deputati-parasesc-pdm-si-adera-la-pro-moldova-mesajul-transmis-de-parlamentari/|title=DOC/ Încă doi deputați părăsesc PDM și aderă la Pro Moldova. Mesajul transmis de parlamentari|first=Cristina|last=Dulea|newspaper=Ziarul de Gardă|date=18 May 2020|language=ro}} which became a political party on 22 June.{{cite news|url=https://tv8.md/2020/06/22/partidul-politic-pro-moldova-inregistrat-oficial-candu-pro-moldova-isi-va-incepe-activitatea-politica/|title=Partidul politic Pro Moldova, înregistrat oficial. Candu: "Pro Moldova își va începe activitatea politică"|first=Loredana|last=Buzdugan|newspaper=TV8|date=22 June 2020|language=ro}}