Octavian Țîcu
Octavian Țîcu (born 21 August 1972) is a Moldovan politician, historian, and former professional boxer serving as a Member of Parliament in Moldova since 2019. He was Ministry of Youth and Sport in 2013. Biography. Octavian Țîcu is a research coordinator at the Institute of History, Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova and Associate Professor at Moldova State University and Free International University of Moldova (ULIM). Octavian Țîcu holds a degree in history from the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania, where he also studied for a Ph.D. (1994–2000). He is author of ten books  (published in Germany, USA, UK, and Romania). Țîcu was a member of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova. He has received numerous awards that allowed him to do research in Romania, Russia, Hungary, France, Switzerland, Lithuania, and the United States of America. Presently he is a researcher-coordinator at the Institute of History, Academy of Science of Moldova. On February 26, 2013 Octavian Țîcu assumed office of Ministry of Youth and Sport of Republic of Moldova. He was elected member of Parliament of Moldova in the 2019 parliamentary election running as independent within the ACUM  Electoral Bloc. On September 17, 2019, he left Bloc ACUM invoking the continuation of alliance with pro-Russian Socialist Party, considered "a political mistake", and run as independent candidate for Mayor of Chișinău, coming in 4th place with 5% of votes. On December 7, 2019 he was elected President of the National Unity Party (PUN), which is an unionist, pro-Romanian oriented political party.