Government of Republic of Moldova

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Minister

Mihai P

POPȘOI
Mihai

CURRICULUM VITAE

Experience

2019-2024

Deputy Speaker, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

2021-2024

Faction Leader, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

2022

Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

2021-2024

Member of Parliament in the 11th legislature.

Co-chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the Association of the Republic of Moldova with the European Union.

Co-chair of the Moldova-Poland Parliamentary Assembly.

Chair of the Parliamentary Monitoring and Control Commission on the Implementation of the Reintegration Policy of the Republic of Moldova.

Member, Foreign Policy and European Integration Committee

 

2019-2021

Member of Parliament in the 10th legislature,

Member, Foreign Policy and European Integration Committee

2017- 2024

Vice President, International Secretary,

Action and Solidarity Party of Moldova

2014-2019

Political Analyst/Public Policy Consultant, Political and Security Risks,

Jamestown Foundation, American Enterprise Institute (Washington); IHS Company, Chatham House (London); Global Focus (Bucharest); Foreign Policy Research Institute (Philadelphia); Member of the Association for Foreign Policy from Moldova (Chisinau).

2010-2014

Political Analyst,

Political and Economic Section, US Embassy in Moldova.

2009-2010

Project Manager,

Information and Documentation Centre on NATO in Moldova

 

Education

2016-2021

Ph.D. in Political Studies,

University of Milan, Italy

2014 – 2016 

Master Degree in Public Policy (Academic Excellence Award and Best Thesis Award) Central European University, Hungary; University of York, UK

2009 – 2011

Master Degree in Political Science (Summa cum laude)

Faculty of Political Science, Moldova State University

2006 – 2009  

Bachelor Degree in Political Science (Summa cum laude)

Moldova State University, Chisinau, Moldova

2007 – 2008   

Erasmus Mundus Student

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue: Romanian

 

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

European Level (*)

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

Writing

Russian

C2

C2

C2

C2

C2

English

 

C2

C2

 C2

C2

C2

Ukranian

C1

B1

B1

B1

A2

 

Publications

Books:

  1. Europeanization versus Democratisation in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Internal and External Challenges to Democratic Consolidation. Cartier. Chișinău, 2023.

Book Chapters:

  1. Moldova’s Reintegration Policy: Challenging the Status Quo. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. IOS Press. The Netherlands, 2016.
  2. Moldova: Domestic Vulnerabilities and Threat Assessment, in Aron. L. (Ed.), To Have and to Hold: Putin’s Quest for Control in the Former Soviet Empire. American Enterprise Institute. Washington DC, 2018.

 

  1. Moldova: The Potential Modes and Venues of Russian Aggression, in Aron. L. (Ed.), To Have and to Hold: Putin’s Quest for Control in the Former Soviet Empire. American Enterprise Institute. Washington DC, 2018.

Articles:

  1. Op-ed. Moldova Cannot Own its Future unless it Breaks with its Past. MESA10, Slovakia, 2014.
  2. The ‘billion dollar protests’ in Moldova are threatening the survival of the country’s political elite. LSE EUROPP, London-Chisinau, 2015.
  3. EU Draws Transnistria Closer to Avoid Looming Instability. Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC, USA, 2015.
  4. Moldova’s Great Disillusionment. New Eastern Europe Magazine, Krakow, Poland, 2016.
  5. How international media failed Moldova’s protesters. OpenDemocracy.net, United Kingdom, 2016.
  6. Our man in Moldova. OpenDemocracy.net, United Kingdom, 2016.
  7. Moldova Torn between Past and Future Ahead of Presidential Run-offs. The Foreign Policy Research Institute. Philadelphia, USA, 2016.
  8. Why Did a Pro-Russian Candidate Win the Presidency in Moldova? The Foreign Policy Research Institute. Philadelphia, USA, 2016.
  9. Moldovan President Igor Dodon Suspended by the Constitutional Court. Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC, USA, 2016.
  10. Moldova’s Political Vulnerabilities at Systemic, Institutional and Individual Levels. Global Focus, Romania, 2018.
  11. Moldova’s Societal Vulnerabilities: How Foreign Actors Shape ‘Captive’ Identities. Global Focus, Romania, 2018.
  12. State of Play Ahead of Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections. Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC, USA, 2019.