19 Facts About Vlad Filat

Vlad Filat was Prime Minister of Moldova from 25 September 2009 to 25 April 2013.

Vlad Filat was appointed as the interim president of Moldova for a brief period of time in 2010.

Vlad is the second child of Maria and Vasile Filat and was born on May 6,1969, in Lapusna, a commune in the Moldavian SSR.

Alongside his two sisters and brother Ion, Vlad Filat grew up in a part of Lapusna called "Talcioc".

Vlad Filat carried out his compulsory military service in the Soviet Army, in Simferopol and Sevastopol.

Vlad Filat served in the KGB's Border Troops, holding the rank of private first class and being decorated by his KGB superiors.

Between 1994 and 1998, Vlad Filat initiated and conducted more business in Romania.

Vlad Filat was general director of "RoMold Trading SRL" in Iasi and the president of the Administrative Council of "Dosoftei" company in Iasi.

Vlad Filat was a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova from 1997, when the party was founded, until 2007.

Vlad Filat was a State minister in the Ion Sturza cabinet of Alliance for Democracy and Reforms from 12 March 1999, to 12 November 1999.

In 2000, Vlad Filat was elected vice-president of the Democratic Party.

Vlad Filat was a member of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Vlad Filat has been the president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova since December 2007.

On March 8,2013 Vlad Filat was dismissed by motion of censure following charges of corruption, abuse of power and influence peddling.

Vlad Filat was stripped of his immunity and handcuffed in parliament on October 15,2015.

Vlad Filat was investigated for the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal and accused of having taken bribes of about $250 million from Ilan Shor, who was chairman of the board at Savings Bank from April to November 28,2014.

Vlad Filat has denied wrongdoing and said the allegations against him are politically motivated.

On June 27,2016, Vlad Filat was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

In January 2014, Vlad Filat married former Pro TV Chisinau presenter Angela Gonta.