Timofei Moșneaga

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

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 died 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.

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

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