Dorin Recean

Dorin Recean is a Moldovan academic and politician, who served as interior minister of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015. In 1996, he graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova with a bachelor’s degree in international business management. Then he obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Newport International University’s Belgium branch in 2000. Recean started his career as a lecturer in 1995 at his alma mater, the Academy of Economic Studies, and continued to teach there until 2007. From 2002 to 2010 he also worked in different firms in various capacities. He also taught at the Chisinau-based Newport International University from 2000 to July 2012. In January 2010 Recean was appointed deputy-minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), where he was responsible for implementing new secure documents, including the bio-metric passport, as part of the visa-liberalization action plan. He has been a member of the Governmental Task Force on Visa-liberalization with the EU. In July 2012, he was appointed interior minister to the cabinet led by Vlad Filat, replacing Alexei Roibu. On 31 May 2013, Recean was reappointed interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Iurie Leancă.