Appointed by the Government Decision No. 43-d of March 2, 2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, March 2022 – Present
Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, November 2017 – September 2019; November 2019 - February 2020
Associate Professor, "Ștefan cel Mare” Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, March 2020 – Present
Deputy-Minister, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, August 2015 – November 2017
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law of Moldova State University, December 2012 – August 2015
National Human Rights Consultant, UNDP-Moldova Project "Building Institutional Capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova”, April 2011 – April 2012
Lawyer, The Québec Ministry of Justice (Canada), 2006 – January 2012
Paralegal, Nicholl Paskell-Mede Law Firm (Canada), October 2002 – March 2003
Legal Consultant, TACIS Project "Assistance to the Implementation of the EU-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement”, June 2001 – May 2002
Associate Professor, Moldova State University, October 2000 - May 2002
Legal Counsel, Universalbank, a Joint-Stock Company, March 1997 - October 1998
Legal Consultant, International Road Traffic Organization (Switzerland), August 1995 - August 1996
University Lecturer, Moldova State University, 1993 - 2000, September 2012 – 2018
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) / Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), McGill University (Canada), 2006
Ph. D. in Public International Law, Moldova State University, 2000
Ph. D. Thesis : "Issues of State Succesion Arising from the Territorial Reorganization of the Former USSR”
Diplôme européen des hautes études internationales, Institut Européen des Hautes Études Internationales (France), 1994
Law Diploma, Moldova State University, 1993
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Public International Law (in Romanian), vol. 1, Chisinau: Tipografia Centrală, 2014. - 328 p.
Methodology Guide to the Public International Law Course (in Romanian), Chisinau: Tipografia Centrală, 2016. - 80 p.
Bargaining in the "Shadow” of Arbitration: When Mediated Settlements become Enforceable Arbitral Awards // Romanian Journal of International Law, 2012, Nos. 14-15, p. 68-93
The Relationship between Customary and Conventional Rules in International Law // Romanian Journal of International Law, 2011, No. 13, p. 84-94
The Findings of the UN Treaty-based Bodies and their Status in the Legal Order of the Republic of Moldova (in Romanian ) // Romanian Journal of International Law, 2011, No. 13, p. 135-152
The Protection of Cultural Property and Post-Conflict Kosovo // Revue québécoise de droit international, 2005, vol. 18.2, p. 91-125
The Protection of National Minorities in the Domestic Law of the Republic of Moldova: Critical Remarks on the Regulation of Two Issues (in Romanian ) // Acta Universitatis Lucian Blaga. Jurisprudence (Sibiu, Romania), 2015, No. 1, p. 171-189
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
The Québec Bar (Canada), called in 2007
Bar of the Republic of Moldova, called in 1994
PROFICIENCY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French, English, Russian - fluent