23 Facts About Dorin Recean

Dorin Recean was born on 17 March 1974 and is a Moldovan economist, politician, and academic serving as Prime Minister of Moldova since February 2023.

Dorin Recean previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015.

Dorin Recean has extensive experience in the private sector and in the IT industry with a specialisation in data, including big data, and information analysis.

Dorin Recean worked in development institutions and was previously a lecturer at several universities.

Dorin Recean is considered to be pro-Western and a strong supporter of the accession of Moldova to the European Union.

Dorin Recean has opposed and criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supported subsequent steps to reduce Moldova's economic dependence on Russia, expressing his sympathy and support for Ukraine in the conflict.

Dorin Recean has argued for increased military cooperation between Moldova and NATO.

Dorin Recean later moved with his family in Mindic village, Drochia district.

In 2000, Dorin Recean graduated with a Master's degree in Business Administration from Newport International University's Belgium branch.

Dorin Recean started his career as a lecturer in 1995 at his alma mater, the Academy of Economic Studies, and continued teaching there until 2007.

Dorin Recean taught at the Chisinau-based Newport International University from 2000 to 2010.

In January 2010, Dorin Recean was appointed Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, where he was responsible for implementing new secure documents, including the biometric passport, as part of the visa-liberalization action plan.

Dorin Recean has been a member of the Governmental Task Force on Visa-liberalization with the EU.

On 31 May 2013 Dorin Recean was reappointed as Interior Minister in the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Iurie Leanca.

Immediately after the November 2014 elections, Dorin Recean announced his retirement from politics and that he would pursue a private business career in Fintech.

Dorin Recean promoted IT technologies in the field of mobile remittances and payments with the aim of broadening the access of migrant workers and their relatives to secure and affordable money transfers and payments.

In February 2023, Dorin Recean was appointed Prime Minister of Moldova by President Maia Sandu, following the resignation of Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita.

Since being sworn in, Dorin Recean has continued to pursue Moldova's accession to the European Union.

On 14 March Dorin Recean announced that Moldova had reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a new $94 million tranche under the existing lending program as part of a larger $800 million fund agreed with the IMF in 2022 to help Moldova deal with the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

At the summit in Switzerland, Dorin Recean met with representatives of Liechstenstein, Switzerland, Iceland, and the representatives of Google.

Dorin Recean stated in regards to the Transnistrian conflict that "first of all Moldova will solve this Transdniestria issue peacefully".

Dorin Recean speaks English, French, and Russian in addition to his native Romanian.

Dorin Recean holds Romanian citizenship and self-identifies as an ethnic Romanian.