Vladimir Cebotari is a Moldovan expert in jurist and politician, who since July 30, 2015, is the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova in the Streleț Cabinet. Previously, he was Deputy Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure from June 2013 to April 2015, and then, general director of the State Enterprise "Calea Ferată din Moldova" in April-July 2015.
In 1987-1996 he attended the general public in Chiperceni commune of the Orhei rayon, and in 1996-1998 he attended the general public no. 2 of Orhei. In 1998 he passed the Baccalaureate exams at "Gheorghe Asachi" High School in Chisinau and was admitted as a student at the Faculty of Law, Specialty of Economic Law of the Free International University of Moldova, which graduated from in 2003. Training Courses:
2004 - Customer defense techniques in the court disputes, by William Hunt and Gillian More with American Bar Association support – Central European and Euroasian Law Initiative.
2006 - English Law for International Lawyers, Euromoney Legal Training, Praga, Cehia
In 2003-2005 he worked as a legal advisor at the Solomon Associate Lawyers’ Office in Chisinau. In August 2005-November 2005 he was the senior consultant at the information-analytical department of the President of the Republic of Moldova. From 2006 to 2011 he was employed as the Secretary of the Administration Council of SCA"Air Moldova" and the director of the Legal Department. In September 2008-September 2009, he was the adviser to the General Director of the Transport Agency for Transport and Air Transport Coordination of the National Transport Priority Projects. From 2008-2010 he was the chairman of the Board of Directors of S.A. "North Railway Station". From December 2011 to June 2013, Cebotari was the director of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Moldova. From January 2014 to July 2014, he was the chairman of the Management Board of the S.I. "MoldATSA". From April 2015-July 2015, he was General Manager of the State Enterprise "Moldovan Railways".
Political Carrier
From June 2013 by April 2015 he was the Deputy Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure. From July 30, 2015 by December 20, 2017 he was the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova within the Strelet's Government. He was proposed for this position by the Democratic Party of Moldova. In April 2017, he was elected as the deputy chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova. At the Parliamentary elections on 24 February 2019, he was elected as the MP in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. On September 19, 2019, the Parliament voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of the MP Vladimir Cebotari, following the request of the interim general prosecutor, Dumitru Robu. The interim general prosecutor has stated that "in 2013, Vladimir Cebotari has acted in the interest of an organized criminal group, that contributed directly to the privatization of the Chișinău International Airport, by an organization affiliated to this criminal group". The parliamentary immunity was lifted in the same day when Vladimir Cebotari entered the electoral race for the position of the Mayor of the Chișinău Municipality. Vladimir Cebotari said that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Andrei Năstase, has coordinated the actions carried out by the Prosecutor Office against him, in order to decrease his chances to be elected as a mayor of the Chișinău Municipality. On February 19, 2020 Vladimir Cebotari, together with a group of MPs, left the faction of the Democrats and the Democratic party. On February 20, 2020 they announced at the press conference about the establishment of the Pro Moldova parliamentary group.
Private life
Vladimir Cebotari is married and has two children.
