Acting prime minister
Natalia Gherman
Acting term ended- Term duration
- 38 days
- PM affiliation
- Liberal Democratic Party
- Born
- 20 March 1969, Chișinău
- Previous office
- Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (from 2013)
Cabinet
- President
- Nicolae Timofti
- Political backing
- PLDM, PDM (Political Alliance for a European Moldova)
- How the mandate began
- Named interim prime minister by decree of President Timofti from 22 June 2015 until the new government was sworn in, after Chiril Gaburici's resignation; Gaburici had declined to serve as caretaker (Presidency release as quoted by Cotidianul).
- How it ended
- The interim period ended on 30 July 2015 when Parliament invested the Streleț government.
Events
- 22 June 2015: President Timofti names her interim prime minister.
- June–July 2015: the caretaker government handles routine administration while the coalition parties negotiate a new cabinet.
- 30 July 2015: the interim period ends with the investiture of the Streleț government; Gherman stays on as deputy PM and foreign minister.
Education
BA from Moldova State University and an MA in war studies from King's College London (1999).
Background
Party: Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM)
Natalia Gherman (born 1969 in Chișinău) is a career diplomat. She graduated from Moldova State University and earned an MA in war studies at King's College London. She served as ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the OSCE (2002–2006), then as ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland (2006–2009).
From 2009 she was deputy foreign minister, and in 2013 she became deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, a post she kept in the Gaburici and Streleț cabinets.
On 22 June 2015, after Gaburici resigned, President Timofti appointed her interim prime minister. The interim period lasted under six weeks, until Parliament invested the Streleț government on 30 July 2015. She remained deputy PM and foreign minister in the new cabinet.
After office
She remained foreign minister until 2016 and was a candidate for UN Secretary-General in 2016. From 2017 to 2022 she was the UN Special Representative for Central Asia, and from 2023 she has been executive director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.