Streleț Cabinet

The Streleț Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova from 30 July to 29 October 2015. It consisted of ministers from the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), the Democratic Party (PDM) and the Liberal Party (PL), who together formed the Alliance for European Integration III. The Cabinet was installed after a successful vote of confidence held in the Parliament of Moldova on 30 July 2015. It was dismissed by Parliament on 29 October amid ongoing protests, lasting 3 months.[1] A new cabinet was formed only on 20 January 2016; until then the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Gheorghe Brega was acting Prime Minister.

History

After that, on 12 June 2015, when the former Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici announced his resignation, followed by the resignation of the entire Gaburici Cabinet, the three pro-European parliamentary parties, LDPM, DPM and LP formed the Alliance for European Integration III and agreed to form a new government. Although for the post of prime minister was initially proposed Maia Sandu, was eventually named liberal-democrat Valeriu Streleț. In the new government, as compared to the previous Cabinet Gaburici, LDPM and DPM have given up some ministries that have passed to subordination of the LP, a new vice minister's portfolio was set up, which will deal with social issues and return LP, and the LDPM and LP have made a castling with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family, together with the ministers, Mircea Buga and Ruxanda Glavan. On 29 October 2015 the Government of Streleţ was dismissed by a motion of no confidence. Thus, all ministers entered the interim function, fulfilling only the functions of managing public affairs, until the appointment of a new Cabinet of Ministers.[2]The motion of no confidence of the Streleț Cabinet was filed in Parliament on 22 October (2015), being signed by 42 PSRM and PCRM deputies, its basis being "suspicions of corruption" and "the detachment of the prime minister from his office by exposing in favor of Vladimir Filat. After that parliamentary session was closed for lack of quorum, the motion would be examined at the next meeting on 29 October.[3]To dismiss the government, a simple majority was needed: the vote of 51 out of 101 deputies.[4]At the meeting of October 29, Streleţ government was dismissed with the vote of 65 deputies of the factions of the DPM, PCRM and PSRM, only 18 LDPM deputies voted against.[5][6]

Composition

The Cabinet consisted of the Prime Minister of Moldova Valeriu Streleț, four Deputy Prime Ministers, 14 other ministers, and two ex officio members.

Ministers

Image	Function	Incumbent	Party		In office since	Until
	Prime Minister	Valeriu Streleț		PLDM	30 July 2015	29 October 2015
	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy	Stéphane Bridé		PDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration	Natalia Gherman		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration	Victor Osipov		PDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs	Gheorghe Brega		PL	30 July 2015	30 May 2017
	Minister of Finance	Anatol Arapu		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Minister of Justice	Vladimir Cebotari		PDM	30 July 2015
	Minister of Internal Affairs	Oleg Balan		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Minister of Defence	Anatol Șalaru		PL	30 July 2015	27 December 2016
	Minister of Construction and Regional Development	Vasile Bîtca		PDM	30 July 2015
	Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry	Ion Sula		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure	Iurie Chirinciuc		PL	30 July 2015	30 May 2017
	Minister of Environment	Valeriu Munteanu		PL	30 July 2015	30 May 2017
	Minister of Education	Corina Fusu		PL	30 July 2015	30 May 2017
	Minister of Culture	Monica Babuc		PDM	30 July 2015
	Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family	Mircea Buga		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Minister of Health	Ruxanda Glavan		PDM	30 July 2015	25 July 2017
	Minister of Youth and Sport	Loretta Handrabura		PLDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016
	Minister of Information Technology and Communications	Pavel Filip		PDM	30 July 2015	20 January 2016

Ex officio members

Image	Function	Incumbent	Party		In office since	Until
	Governor of Gagauzia	Irina Vlah		Independent	30 July 2015
	Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova	Gheorghe Duca		Independent	30 July 2015

References

1. "Moldova government dismissed by MPs amid bank scandal". BBC. 29 October 2015.
2. Guvernul Streleț a fost demis. Ce urmează
3. Tandem PCRM+PSRM: Moțiune de cenzură împotriva Guvernului Streleț, examinată pe 29 octombrie; Voronin nu a înțeles ce s-a întâmplat
4. Guvernul Streleț se clatină. PCRM și PSRM au depus moțiunea de cenzură în Parlament (VIDEO)
5. Republica Moldova: Guvernul Streleț a fost DEMIS. Ce urmează
6. A trecut motiunea de cenzura: Guvernul Strelet a fost DEMIS - VIDEO