# Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization

The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (Romanian: Ministerul Dezvoltării Economice și Digitalizării) is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova.

## History

Ministry of Economy of Moldova was founded on 1 June 1990, as Ministry of National Economy of SSR Moldova, while Moldova was part of Soviet Union. Over years, it was restructured a few times and renamed, as follows:
* Ministry of Economy and Finance (1991–1992)
* Ministry of Economy (1992–1997)
* Ministry of Economy and Reforms (1997–2001)
* Ministry of Economy (2001–2005)
* Ministry of Economy and Trade (2005–2009)
* Ministry of Economy (2009–2017)
* Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure (2017–2021)
* Ministry of Economy (2021–2023)
* Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (2023–present)
In 2017 as part of the government reform in Moldova, the Ministry of Economy was renamed to Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, absorbing the Ministry of Transport and Roads Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Informational Technologies and Communications, becoming their legal successor. Also this ministry took the domain of constructions from the former Minister of Construction and Regional Development.

## List of ministers

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Office term | Office term | Notes | Cabinet |
| 1 | Constantin Tampiza (born 1947) | 6 June 1990 | 1 July 1992 | Deputy Prime Minister | Druc Muravschi |
| 2 | Sergiu Certan (born 1952) | 1 July 1992 | 5 April 1994 | | Sangheli I |
| 3 | Valeriu Bobuțac (born 1945) | 5 April 1994 | 24 January 1997 | Deputy Prime Minister | Sangheli II |
| 4 | Ion Guțu (born 1943) | 24 January 1997 | 22 May 1998 | Deputy Prime MInister | Ciubuc I |
| 5 | Ion Sturza (born 1960) | 22 May 1998 | 12 March 1999 | Deputy Prime Minister | Ciubuc II |
| 6 | Alexandru Muravschi (born 1950) | 12 March 1999 | 21 December 1999 | Deputy Prime Minister | Sturza |
| 7 | Eugeniu Șlopac (born 1951) | 21 December 1999 | 15 March 2000 | Deputy Prime Minister | Braghiș |
| 8 | Andrei Cucu (born 1948) | 15 March 2000 | 4 February 2002 | Deputy Prime Minister | Braghiș Tarlev I |
| 9 | Ștefan Odagiu (born 1965) | 16 May 2002 | 2 July 2003 | Deputy Prime Minister | Tarlev I |
| 10 | Marian Lupu (born 1966) | 5 August 2003 | 24 March 2005 | | Tarlev I |
| 10 | Valeriu Lazăr (born 1968) | 19 April 2005 | 18 September 2006 | | Tarlev II |
| 11 | Igor Dodon (born 1975) | 18 September 2006 | 14 September 2009 | First Deputy Prime Minister | Tarlev II Greceanîi I-II |
| 12 | Valeriu Lazăr (born 1968) | 25 September 2009 | 3 July 2014 | Deputy Prime Minister | Filat I-II Leancă |
| 13 | Andrian Candu (born 1975) | 3 July 2014 | 23 January 2015 | Deputy Prime Minister | Leancă |
| 14 | Stéphane Christophe Bridé (born 1971) | 18 February 2015 | 20 January 2016 | Deputy Prime Minister | Gaburici Streleț |
| 15 | Octavian Calmîc (born 1974) | 20 January 2016 | 21 December 2017 | Deputy Prime Minister | Filip |
| 16 | Chiril Gaburici (born 1976) | 10 January 2018 | 8 June 2019 | | Filip |
| 17 | Vadim Brînzan (born 1971) | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | | Sandu |
| 18 | Anatol Usatîi (born 1976) | 14 November 2019 | 16 March 2020 | | Chicu |
| 19 | Sergiu Răilean (born 1976) | 16 March 2020 | 9 November 2020 | | Chicu |
| 20 | Anatol Usatîi (born 1976) | 9 November 2020 | 31 December 2020 | | Chicu |
| 21 | Sergiu Gaibu (born 1976) | 6 August 2021 | 16 November 2022 | | Gavrilița |
| 22 | Dumitru Alaiba (born 1982) | 16 November 2022 | 14 March 2025 | Deputy Prime Minister | Gavrilița Recean |
| 23 | Doina Nistor (born 1977) | 14 March 2025 | Incumbent | Deputy Prime Minister | Recean |