Vladimir Bolea
{{Short description|Moldovan politician (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vladimir Bolea
| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
| termstart = 16 February 2023
| president = Maia Sandu
| primeminister = Dorin Recean
| predecessor = Andrei Spînu
| office1 = Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development
| termstart1 = 19 November 2024
| termend1 =
| parliamentarygroup1 =
| constituency1 =
| image = Vladimir Bolea 2024.jpg
| caption = Bolea in 2024
| successor1 =
| office2 = Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry
| termstart2 = 8 July 2022
| termend2 = 19 November 2024
| president1 = Maia Sandu
| primeminister1 = Dorin Recean
| predecessor1 = Andrei Spînu
| status1 =
| successor2 = Ludmila Catlabuga
| parliamentarygroup2 =
| party = Party of Action and Solidarity
| constituency2 =
| birth_place = Carabetovca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
| alma_mater = Moldova State University
| office3 = Acting Minister of Environment
| termstart3 = 7 October 2022
| termend3 = 16 November 2022
| constituency3 =
| successor3 = Rodica Iordanov
| status2 =
| primeminister2 = Natalia Gavrilița
Dorin Recean
| president2 = Maia Sandu
| predecessor2 = Viorel Gherciu
| parliamentarygroup3 =
| alongside = {{hlist|Mihai Popșoi|Doina Nistor}}
| majority3 =
| birth_date = September 23, 1971 (52 years old)
| office4 = Member of the Moldovan Parliament
| termstart4 = 9 March 2019
| termend4 = 29 July 2022
| president3 = Maia Sandu
| primeminister3 = Natalia Gavrilița
| predecessor3 = Iuliana Cantaragiu
| successor4 = Vasile Porțevschi
| majority4 = 11,058 (41.5%)
| parliamentarygroup4 = Party of Action and Solidarity
| constituency4 = Chișinău
}}
Vladimir Bolea (born 23 September 1971) is a Moldovan politician and meritocrat currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Recean Cabinet.{{Cite web |title=Vladimir Bolea |url=https://alegeri.md/w/Vladimir_Bolea |website=Alegeri.md |language=ro|access-date=24 April 2025}}
Early life
Bolea was born on 23 September 1971 in Carabetovca, then part of the Moldavian SSR.{{cite news |title=Cine este Vladimir Bolea, noul ministru al Agriculturii |url=https://politik.md/flash-cine-este-vladimir-bolea-noul-ministru-al-agriculturii/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Politik |date=8 July 2022 |language=ro-RO}}{{cite web |title=MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT |url=https://midr.gov.md/en/about-the-ministry/ministry-team?info=vladimir-bolea |website=midr.gov.md |access-date=24 April 2025 |language=en}} From 1989 to 1991 he studied at the Leningrad Higher Military Political School of Air Defense in the Russian SFSR.{{cite news |title=Omul săptămânii: Vladimir Bolea, noul ministru al Agriculturii și Industriei Alimentare |url=https://tribuna.md/2022/07/10/omul-saptamanii-vladimir-bolea-noul-ministru-al-agriculturii-si-industriei-alimentare/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Tribuna |date=10 July 2022}} Returning to Moldova, from 1991 to 1997 he then studied at the State University of Moldova for a license in history, while at the same time completing his license in law from 1994 to 1997.{{cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE |url=https://cusens.md/parlamentulvirtual/wp-content/uploads/deputat_cv/Vladimir-Bolea-CV.pdf |website=cusens.md |access-date=24 April 2025}} He started working in 2001 as director of S.C. PATIPTODCOM S.R.L. in Chisinau, which he served as director of until 2015. From 2001 to 2002 he returned to the State University of Moldova, receiving his Master's degree's in economic law. Meanwhile, he was also an instructor in economics at the School of Advanced Studies in Journalism from 2012 to 2019, and Director of SC GFC HOLBOCA SRL from 2013 to 2019.
Political career
Bolea joined the Party of Action and Solidarity in 2019. He ran in the 2019 Moldovan parliamentary election as a representative of the political alliance NOW Platform DA and PAS in Constituency No. 27, defeating Radu Mudreac by around 7% percent.{{cite news |last1=Lebedev |first1=Alexandru |title=Rezultate preliminare pe circumscripția nr. 27 din Chișinău: Bolea este lider detașat |url=https://diez.md/2019/02/25/rezultate-preliminare-pe-circumscriptia-nr-27-din-chisinau-duel-strans-intre-bolea-si-mudrea/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Diez |date=24 February 2019 |language=ro-RO}} After serving as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, he was chosen as Agriculture Minister by Maia Sandu, and was sworn in on 8 July 2022, replacing Viorel Gherciu.{{cite news |title=A new minister of Food and Agriculture |url=https://moldovalive.md/a-new-minister-of-food-and-agriculture/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Moldova Live |date=8 July 2022}} In November 2024 it was announced that he would leave the position as Minister of Agriculture to take over the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, a position that had remained vacant since Andrei Spînu's resignation.{{cite news |title=Cine va fi noul ministru al Agriculturii și unde pleacă Vladimir Bolea |url=https://stiri.md/article/social/cine-va-fi-noul-ministru-al-agriculturii-si-unde-pleaca-vladimir-bolea/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=Stiri |date=18 November 2024}}
References
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Category:Moldovan MPs 2019–2021