Ministry of Finance (Moldova)

Ministry of Finance
	; Headquarters in Chișinău
Ministry overview
Formed	27 August 1991; 32 years ago
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Economy and Finance (1991–1992);
Jurisdiction	Government of Moldova
Headquarters	9 Constantin Tănase Street, Chișinău
Minister responsible	Victoria Belous, Minister of Finance;
Ministry executives	Dina Roșca, Secretary General; Vladimir Arachelov, Secretary of State; Ion Gumene, Secretary of State; Cristina Ixari, Secretary of State;
Website	mf.gov.md

The Ministry of Finance (Romanian: Ministerul Finanțelor) is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova. It is the central specialized body of public administration, which develops and promotes the unique policy of training and managing public finances, applying financial levers in line with the requirements of the market economy. In its activity, the Ministry of Finance is governed by the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, the laws of the Republic, the decrees of the President of the Republic of Moldova, the resolutions of the Parliament, the ordinances, the decisions and the provisions of the Cabinet of Moldova.

Objectives

Starting from the objectives of its activity program, the Ministry of Finance elaborates the necessary set of normative acts regulating the budgetary process, the taxation and accounting system, develops medium and long-term forecasts regarding the financial resources, finds solutions of public finance reform, ensures receipts and payments to the state budget. The ministry also elaborates and promotes the draft annual budget law and, if necessary, draft laws for amending and supplementing the annual state budget law.

On the other hand, this state structure carries out the execution of the state budget, administrative-territorial units' budgets, state social insurance budget income and compulsory health insurance fund income. The contracting and guaranteeing of state loans on the internal and external financial market, within the limits of the competences established by the law, the management and monitoring of the internal and external debts of the Government, are also related to the functions of the Ministry of Finance.

At the same time, the Ministry of Finance participates directly in the elaboration of the state customs policy, policy and evaluation of offers in the field of investments made from the funds of the state budget, as well as from external sources. It is also responsible for the implementation of the Republic of Moldova - European Union Action Plan.

On behalf of the State, the Ministry of Finance participates in the conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements with a view to promoting and protecting investments, avoiding double taxation and combating tax evasion.

Structure

The Minister of Finance is responsible for fulfilling the tasks of the Ministry, representing the Ministry in relations with third parties, as well as with the legal and physical persons from the country or abroad. The Deputy Ministers shall exercise the powers delegated by the Minister of Finance. At the same time, the Minister is personally responsible for the way the budgetary means intended to ensure the ministry's activity are used, and to ensure the integrity of financial means and material assets at the disposal of the ministry concerned.

The ministry has the following subordinated institutions:

State Tax Service
Customs Service
Public Procurement Agency
Financial Inspection

List of ministers

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Office term		Notes	Cabinet
1	Constantin Tampiza (born 1947)	6 June 1990	4 August 1992		Druc Muravschi
2	Claudia Melnic	4 August 1992	5 April 1994		Sangheli I
3	Valeriu Chițan (born 1955)	5 April 1994	22 May 1998		Sangheli I Ciubuc I
4	Anatol Arapu (born 1962)	22 May 1998	21 December 1999		Ciubuc II Sturza
5	Mihail Manoli (born 1954)	21 December 1999	7 February 2002		Braghiș Tarlev I
6	Zinaida Greceanîi (born 1956)	26 February 2002	10 October 2005		Tarlev I-II
7	Mihail Pop (born 1955)	12 October 2005	31 March 2008		Tarlev II
8	Mariana Durleșteanu (born 1971)	31 March 2008	25 September 2009		Greceanîi I-II
9	Veaceslav Negruța (born 1972)	25 September 2009	14 August 2013		Filat I-II Leancă
10	Anatol Arapu (born 1962)	14 August 2013	20 January 2016		Leancă Gaburici Streleț
11	Octavian Armașu (born 1969)	20 January 2016	30 November 2018		Filip
12	Ion Chicu (born 1972)	10 December 2018	8 June 2019		Filip
13	Natalia Gavrilița (born 1977)	8 June 2019	14 November 2019		Sandu
14	Sergiu Pușcuța (born 1972)	14 November 2019	31 December 2020	Deputy Prime Minister	Chicu
15	Dumitru Budianschi (born 1961)	6 August 2021	16 February 2023		Gavrilița
16	Veronica Sirețeanu (born 1985)	16 February 2023	27 September 2023		Recean
17	Petru Rotaru (born 1984)	28 September 2023	31 July 2024
18	Victoria Belous (born 1984)	31 July 2024	Incumbent

External links

(in Romanian, English, and Russian) Official website