12 Facts About Marian Lupu

Marian Lupu's mother taught French language at the Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Marian Lupu had been a member of Komsomol from 1980 until 1988 and a Member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.

Until 1983, Marian Lupu studied at "Gheorghe Asachi" High School of Chisinau.

Marian Lupu attended stages at the Institute of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC and World Trade Organization in Geneva.

Besides speaking his native Romanian, Marian Lupu speaks English, French, and Russian.

Marian Lupu was named as Vice Minister of the Economy in the new Communist Tarlev cabinet in June 2001.

Two years later in August 2003, Marian Lupu was promoted to full Minister of the Economy.

Marian Lupu was Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament from March 2005 to May 2009.

Marian Lupu was a high-ranking member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova and was considered to be a leading candidate to become the next Prime Minister after Zinaida Greceanii stepped down; however, shortly before the second attempt to elect the next president on 3 June 2009, he left the PCRM, stating that it was not possible to reform the PCRM from within.

Marian Lupu was the candidate of the Alliance For European Integration for President of Moldova up until the election of current president Nicolae Timofti on 16 March 2012.

On 25 April 2013 Marian Lupu was sacked from position of President of Moldovan Parliament with 76 of 101 votes.

In controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova, Marian Lupu identifies himself as an ethnic Moldovan and supported retention of "Moldovan language" in Constitution as state language of Moldova.