predecessor successor religion birth_place president imagesize party birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
'' position created '' valeriu muravschi eastern orthodoxy pociumbăuţi , rîşcani district , romania mircea snegur 200px independent moldova popular front of moldova independent popular front of 25 july 1941 1st prime minister of moldova 26 may 1990 mircea druc
 28 may 1991 mircea druc
mircea druc

mircea druc -lrb- born 25 july 1941 , in pociumbăuţi , rîşcani district -rrb- is a moldovan and romanian politician who served as prime minister of moldova between 26 may 1990 and 22 may 1991 .
he was appointed as prime minister after the opposition walked out from the parliament , as a protest to the policies of the nationalist popular front of moldova .
his government purged non-moldovans from cultural institutions and changed the outlook of the education system to be centred towards romanian-language education , away from the russian-centric education system of the soviet era .
street names and the symbols of the state were changed to show the romanian heritage of moldova .
after revolts against the pro-romanian discriminatory policy of the government spread in transnistria and gagauzia , he threatened to unleash a civil war similar to that in lebanon and ulster .
in may 1991 he was removed from his position after an overwhelming vote of no confidence .
after his dismissal he came under scutiny for questionable financial dealings .
he was also accused of promoting subjugation of the russian speakers .
when asked about the union with romania , he answered that first , there need to be a few hundred romanian-moldovan joint ventures and some tens of thousands of mixed marriages .
he ran as an independent candidate with a single-issue platform of union of romania and moldova in the 1992 romanian presidential election , receiving 326,866 votes -lrb- 2.75 % -rrb- .
druc stayed in romania , where he worked for the ministry of foreign affairs between 2001 and 2004 .
in 2004 he joined the nationalist greater romania party .
he is currently working at the commerce and industry chamber of romania , involved in projects for trans-border cooperation between romania , the republic of moldova and ukraine .
in the 2008 romanian legislative election , druc ran for a place in the romanian parliament in a constituency in suceava county , being a candidate of the democratic liberal party .
