The Ministry of Education and Research () is one of the fourteen ministries of the government of Moldova. The ministry was established on 27 May 1953.
In 2017, as part of the government reform in Moldova, the Ministry of Culture was renamed to Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, and absorbed the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, becoming their legal successor.HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 594 din 26.07.2017 cu privire la restructurarea administrației publice centrale de specialitate
Ministers No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Office termCabinet1Nicolae Mătcaș6 June 19905 April 1994DrucMuravschiSangheli I2Petru Gaugaș5 April 199424 January 1997Sangheli II3Iacob Popovici24 January 199722 May 1998Ciubuc I4Anatol Grimalschi22 May 199821 December 1999Ciubuc II Sturza5Ion Guțu21 December 199922 November 2000Braghiș6Ilie Vancea22 November 200026 February 2002BraghișTarlev I7Gheorghe Sima26 February 20022 July 2003Tarlev I8Valentin Beniuc5 August 200319 April 20059Victor Țvircun19 April 200531 March 2008Tarlev II10Larisa Șavga31 March 200825 September 2009Greceanîi I–II11Leonid Bujor25 September 200914 January 2011Filat I12Mihail Șleahtițchi14 January 201124 July 2012Filat II13Maia Sandu24 July 201230 July 2015Filat IILeancăGaburici14Corina Fusu30 July 201530 May 2017StrelețFilip15 Monica Babuc26 July 20178 June 2019Filip16Liliana Nicolaescu-Onofrei8 June 201914 November 2019Sandu17Corneliu Popovici14 November 201916 March 2020Chicu18Igor Șarov16 March 20209 November 202019Lilia Pogolșa9 November 20206 August 202120 Anatolie Topală6 August 202114 July 2023Gavrilița Recean21 Dan Perciun17 July 2023IncumbentRecean Munteanu
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