Prime Minister no. 18 · In office
Vasile Tofan
In office- Term duration
- 106 days · In office
- PM affiliation
- Independent
- Born
- 12 July 1982, Vălcineț, raionul Călărași, RSS Moldovenească
- Previous office
- No prior public office; investor, senior partner at Horizon Capital (Kyiv, 2011 to July 2026)
Cabinet
Not officially confirmed
The points below come from the press or encyclopedias and could not be checked against Parliament decisions, decrees or the Official Gazette.
- At the 21 July 2026 investiture the 53 votes in favour are confirmed; the opposition’s split (abstentions, absences) differs between sources. 2026 data comes from the press and gov.md, not from acts consulted directly.
- The cabinet list comes from gov.md and Agerpres (oath, 22 July 2026). The Agriculture minister, Radu Musteață, resigned on 24 July 2026; his replacement is not applied in the list. Osmochescu’s first name appears as “Eugen” in gov.md releases.
- President
- Maia Sandu
- Political backing
- Government backed by the PAS parliamentary majority; according to press reports 21 deputies (PSRM and PCRM) voted against and the rest of the opposition abstained or did not vote (exact figures differ between sources).
- How the mandate began
- President Maia Sandu designated him by decree on 11 July 2026 on the proposal of PAS, after consulting parliamentary factions (Article 98(1) of the Constitution). Parliament gave its vote of confidence on 21 July 2026 with 53 votes (all from the PAS majority), and the cabinet (16 members, 14 ministries) was sworn in at the Presidency on 22 July 2026.
Events
- 11 July 2026: Maia Sandu designates him prime minister candidate on PAS's proposal; the opposition boycotted the consultations.
- 21 July 2026: Parliament invests the government with 53 votes on a programme centred on economic growth, administrative efficiency and EU accession (accession treaty by end-2028).
- 22 July 2026: the cabinet, with 16 members and 14 ministries, is sworn in at the Presidency in the presence of President Maia Sandu and Speaker Igor Grosu.
- 24 July 2026: Agriculture Minister Radu Musteață resigns after reports of his past in the former PDM; the first departure from the new cabinet.
- 25 August 2026: Tofan proposes Eugeniu Osmochescu for Agriculture and Claudiu Năsui for Economic Development.
- 28 August 2026: Eugeniu Osmochescu (Agriculture and Food Industry) and Claudiu Năsui (Economic Development and Digitalization) are sworn in before the President, who signs the appointment decrees.
- 5 October 2026: Tofan leads Moldova's delegation at the 10th EU-Moldova Association Council in Brussels and says Moldova opened clusters 1 and 6 in the summer and aims to finish the technical work for closing negotiations by early 2028.
- 13 October 2026: at the fourth EU-Moldova accession conference in Luxembourg, negotiations open on cluster 2 (internal market) and cluster 3 (competitiveness and inclusive growth); four of the six clusters are now open.
Cabinet composition
Cabinet composition: Tofan Cabinet 17 members
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Vasile Tofan | Prim-ministru |
| Eugen Osmochescu | Viceprim-ministru, ministrul dezvoltării economice și digitalizării |
| Vladimir Bolea | Viceprim-ministru, ministrul infrastructurii și dezvoltării regionale |
| Cristina Gherasimov | Viceprim-ministră pentru integrare europeană |
| Mihai Popșoi | Viceprim-ministru, ministrul afacerilor externe |
| Valeriu Chiveri | Viceprim-ministru pentru reintegrare |
| Dan Perciun | Ministrul educației și cercetării |
| Daniella Misail-Nichitin | Ministra afacerilor interne |
| Dorin Junghietu | Ministrul energiei |
| Vladislav Cojuhari | Ministrul justiției |
| Natalia Plugaru | Ministra muncii și protecției sociale |
| Gheorghe Hajder | Ministrul mediului |
| Anatolie Nosatîi | Ministrul apărării |
| Victoria Belous | Ministra finanțelor |
| Alexandru Gasnaș | Ministrul sănătății |
| Radu Musteață | Ministrul agriculturii și industriei alimentare |
| Dan Suruceanu | Ministrul culturii |
Initial composition; later changes may be missing. Position titles are given in Romanian, as in the source. Source: gov.md, Agerpres, Telegraph.md.
Education
Bachelor's and master's in public management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an MBA from Harvard Business School (2012).
Background
Party: Independent (proposed by PAS)
Vasile Tofan was born on 12 July 1982 in Vălcineț, Călărași district. He studied public management at Erasmus University Rotterdam and completed an MBA at Harvard Business School in 2012. He holds Moldovan and Romanian citizenship.
He worked as a consultant at Monitor Deloitte and in senior management at Philips in the Netherlands. While at Harvard he founded Ovuline, a women's health app later rebranded Ovia Health and acquired by Labcorp. From 2011 to July 2026 he was a senior partner and investment committee member at Horizon Capital in Kyiv.
He co-founded the civic movement "Europe 2028". According to press reports, he turned down the premiership in October 2025 and accepted it in July 2026. He holds liberal economic views and has proposed shrinking the state sector and replacing districts with 40 municipalities.