Timofei Moșneaga

Timofei Moșneaga (6 March 1932 – 1 June 2014) was a Moldovan physician and politician.

Timofei Moșneaga
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Moșneaga in 2006
Minister of Health
In office
5 April 1994 – 24 January 1997
PresidentMircea Snegur
Petru Lucinschi
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
Preceded byGheorghe Ghidirim
Succeeded byMihai Magdei
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
27 February 1994 – 5 April 1994
Succeeded byAnatolie Popușoi
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Agrarian Party
Leader of the Moldovan delegation of observers in the Soviet of the Republics of the Soviet Union
In office
18 October 1991 – 26 December 1991
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterValeriu Muravschi
People's Deputy of the Soviet Union
In office
26 March 1989 – 5 September 1991
ConstituencyChișinău
Personal details
Born6 March 1932
Corjova, Moldavian ASSR, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Moldova)
Died1 June 2014(2014-06-01) (aged 82)
Chișinău, Moldova
NationalityMoldovan
Alma materChișinău State Institute of Medicine
ProfessionPhysician

In 1960, at the age of 27, he was appointed Director of the Republican Clinical Hospital in Chișinău. Moșneaga held this position for over forty years and brought an essential contribution to the development of the institution.

In 1989, Moșneaga was elected People's Deputy of the Soviet Union and was a member of the Supreme Soviet Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In 1994, he was elected Member of the Moldovan Parliament.

In the period 1994–1997, Moșneaga held the office of Minister of Health of Moldova.

He passed away on 1 June 2014 in Chișinău.

For outstanding merits in his professional activity, Moșneaga received high state distinctions, among which the Order of the Republic.

His bust stands on the Alley of Brilliant Scientists and Doctors in Chișinău.[1]

As of 19 July 2017, per the Moldovan Cabinet's decision, the Republican Clinical Hospital is named after Timofei Moșneaga.

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References

  1. Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (2015). Aleea savanților și medicilor iluștri [The Alley of Brilliant Scientists and Doctors] (PDF) (in română and English). Chișinău: Elan Poligraf. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-9975-82-007-3.

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