Iurie Roșca
Iurie Roșca is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party since 1994.
Biography
Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of Moldova State University. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei, a reporter for the National Television of Moldova, and an upper-level curator at the Dimitrie Cantemir Literature Museum in Chișinău.Political career
In 1989, Roșca became one of the founders of the Popular Front of Moldova. He was executive president of the organization from 1989 to 1994. Between 1990 and 2009, he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.In 2005, his party voted for the re-election of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin, and he became the Parliament's vice-president.
In June 2009, he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government However, he only held that position until September of that year.
In summer 2024 Roșca was convicted of influence peddling over the construction of a building and sentenced to six years in prison.