The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization () is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova.
History Ministry of Economy of Moldova was founded on 1 June 1990, as Ministry of National Economy of SSR Moldova, while Moldova was part of Soviet Union. Over years, it was restructured a few times and renamed, as follows: Ministry of Economy and Finance (1991–1992) Ministry of Economy (1992–1997) Ministry of Economy and Reforms (1997–2001) Ministry of Economy (2001–2005) Ministry of Economy and Trade (2005–2009) Ministry of Economy (2009–2017) Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure (2017–2021) Ministry of Economy (2021–2023) Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (2023–present)
In 2017 as part of the government reform in Moldova, the Ministry of Economy was renamed to Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, absorbing the Ministry of Transport and Roads Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Informational Technologies and Communications, becoming their legal successor.HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 594 din 26.07.2017 cu privire la restructurarea administrației publice centrale de specialitate Also this ministry took the domain of constructions from the former Minister of Construction and Regional Development.HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 189 din 21.07.2017 pentru aprobarea listei ministerelor
List of ministers No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Office termNotesCabinet1Constantin Tampiza6 June 19901 July 1992Deputy Prime Minister (1991–1992)Druc Muravschi2Sergiu Certan1 July 19925 April 1994Sangheli I3Valeriu Bobuțac5 April 199424 January 1997Deputy Prime MinisterSangheli II4Ion Guțu24 January 199722 May 1998Deputy Prime MInisterCiubuc I5Ion Sturza22 May 199812 March 1999Deputy Prime MinisterCiubuc II6Alexandr Muravschi12 March 199921 December 1999Deputy Prime MinisterSturza7Eugeniu Șlopac21 December 199915 March 2000Deputy Prime MinisterBraghiș8Andrei Cucu15 March 20004 February 2002Deputy Prime MinisterBraghiș Tarlev I9Ștefan Odagiu16 May 20022 July 2003Deputy Prime MinisterTarlev I10Marian Lupu5 August 200324 March 200510Valeriu Lazăr19 April 200518 September 2006Tarlev II11Igor Dodon18 September 200614 September 2009First Deputy Prime Minister (2008–2009)Tarlev II Greceanîi I-II12Valeriu Lazăr25 September 20093 July 2014Deputy Prime Minister (2009–2013)Filat I-II Leancă13Andrian Candu3 July 201423 January 2015Deputy Prime MinisterLeancă14Stéphane Christophe Bridé18 February 201520 January 2016Deputy Prime MinisterGaburici Streleț15Octavian Calmîc20 January 201621 December 2017Deputy Prime MinisterFilip16Chiril Gaburici10 January 20188 June 201917Vadim Brînzan8 June 201914 November 2019Sandu18Anatol Usatîi14 November 201916 March 2020Chicu19Sergiu Răilean16 March 20209 November 202020Anatol Usatîi9 November 202031 December 202021Sergiu Gaibu6 August 202116 November 2022Gavrilița22 Dumitru Alaiba16 November 202214 March 2025Deputy Prime Minister (2023–2025)GavrilițaRecean23Doina Nistor14 March 20251 November 2025Deputy Prime MinisterRecean24Eugen Osmochescu1 November 202528 August 2026Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister (2026)Munteanu Tofan25Claudiu Năsui28 August 2026IncumbentTofan
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