Embassy of Romania, Chișinău

The Embassy of Romania in Chișinău (Romanian: Ambasada României în Republica Moldova) is the diplomatic mission of Romania to Moldova. The embassy is located in Central Chișinău, at 66/1 București Street.

Embassy of Romania in Chișinău
LocationChișinău
Address66/1, București Str.
AmbassadorMarius Lazurcă

History

Romania was the first state to recognize the independence of Moldova on August 27, 1991. The Romanian embassy was the first diplomatic mission in Chișinău and was opened on January 20, 1992.

Filip Teodorescu (born December 26, 1951) was appointed as the Romanian ambassador to Chișinău in March 2003 and arrived at post in April 2003. After postelectoral violences from 7 April 2009, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin announced that Romanian ambassador in Chișinău Filip Teodorescu was declared persona non grata and had 24 hours to leave the Moldovan territory. The following day, the Romanian parliament nominated a senior diplomat, Mihnea Constantinescu, as the new ambassador to Moldova,[1] but two weeks later, the Moldovan government rejected him without any explanation, deepening the crisis.[2]

Romania's Consul to Chișinău, Ion Nuică, forwarded his resignation on July 13, 2009, after a tape in which he was surprised in intimate scenes with a woman, supposedly employee at the Romanian Consulat in Chișinău.[3]

On February 9, 2010, the Romanian Parliament approved a new ambassador to Moldova.[4] The new ambassador Marius Lazurcă (b. 1971, Timișoara) has a PhD in history-anthropology from Paris-Sorbonne University and was ambassador to Holy See.[5][6]

Ambassadors
Name Took office Left office
Marius Lazurcă2010
Filip Teodorescu20032009
Adrian Bălănescu20012003
Victor Bârsan19992001
Nichita Danilov19991999
Marcel Dinu19971999

See also

References
  1. Romania names new ambassador to neighbouring Moldova, Southeast European Times, April 9, 2009
  2. "Dispute between Romania and Moldova worsens", AP, April 24, 2009
  3. "Sexual scandal at Romania's Consulate in Chisinau. Consul Ion Nuica resigns". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  4. Romanian ambassador to Moldova is an ex-ambassador to Vatican Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Romania Approves New Ambassador To Moldova
  6. Chişinăul acceptă noul ambasador al României în Republica Moldova

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