Olga Cebotari

Olga Cebotari (born 4 January 1992) is a Moldovan politician and diplomat. She served as Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova in the Chicu Cabinet.^[1]

Olga Cebotari
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova for Reintegration
In office 9 November 2020 – 6 August 2021
President	Igor Dodon Maia Sandu
Prime Minister	Ion Chicu Aureliu Ciocoi (acting)
Preceded by	Cristina Lesnic
Succeeded by	Vladislav Kulminski
Personal details
Born	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 33) Chișinău, Moldova
Political party	Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova
Alma mater	Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Profession	Politician, diplomat

Career

Olga Cebotari was born on 4 January 1992 in Chișinău.^[2] She studied International Relations at the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, Faculty of "Human and Social Sciences", Moscow, Russian Federation (from 2010 to 2014). In 2016, Cebotari graduated her master's degree in world politics at the diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Faculty of 'International relations and International Law'. In 2020, she completed her doctoral studies at the diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the specialty "political issues in International relations, Global and Regional Development".^[3]

From 2017 to 2019, Olga Cebotari was director of the "Center for support of Moldavian Youth" in Moscow, the Russian Federation. Since 1 February 2020 she has been appointed deputy director of the Economic Department, Executive Committee in the Commonwealth of Independent States. On 9 November 2020, she became Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Moldova and served his position until 5 August 2021. On December 31, when Prime-minister Ion Chicu resigned, he recommended Cebotari to be the acting Prime-minister. However, the president Maia Sandu chose Aureliu Ciocoi to become the acting Prime-minister.

On 31 January 2022, Cebotari was elected by the Republican Council of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) as a member of the new governing body of the party.^[4]

Personal life

Olga Cebotari is married to Romanian businessman Octavian Popa.^[5] She speaks Romanian, Russian, Spanish and English. She also holds Russian citizenship.^[6]