Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry
	; Headquarters in Chișinău
Ministry overview
Formed	6 June 1990; 34 years ago
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment; Ministry of Agriculture and Manufacturing Industry; Ministry of Agriculture and Alimentation;
Jurisdiction	Government of Moldova
Headquarters	162 Ștefan cel Mare Avenue, Chișinău
Minister responsible	Vladimir Bolea, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry;
Ministry executives	Sergiu Gherciu, Secretary General; Iurie Scripnic, Secretary of State; Andrian Digolean, Secretary of State; Vasile Șarban, Secretary of State; Alexandra Șian, Secretary of State;
Website	maia.gov.md

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (Romanian: Ministerul Agriculturii și Industriei Alimentare) is one of the fourteen Moldovan ministries, being the central body of public administration, subordinated to the Government.^[1] It has the mission to ensure the realization of the constitutional prerogatives of the Government in the development and promotion of state policy of sustainable development of Agro-industrial sector of the country, by increasing competitiveness and productivity in the sector and ensuring the safety and food sufficiency in the country in order to create the premises for permanent increase in welfare. The current minister is Vladimir Bolea.

List of ministers

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Office term		Notes	Cabinet
1	Andrei Sangheli (born 1944)	6 June 1990	1 July 1992	First Deputy Prime Minister	Druc Muravschi
2	Vitalie Gorincioi (born 1953)	30 August 1992	24 January 1997		Sangheli I-II
3	Gheorghe Lungu (born 1949)	24 January 1997	22 May 1998		Ciubuc I
4	Valeriu Bulgari (born 1956)	22 May 1998	21 December 1999		Ciubuc II Sturza
5	Ion Russu (born 1941)	21 December 1999	19 April 2001		Braghiș
6	Dmitri Todoroglo (born 1944)	19 April 2001	19 April 2005	Deputy Prime Minister	Tarlev I
7	Anatolie Gorodenco (born 1958)	19 April 2005	25 September 2009		Tarlev II Greceanîi I-II
8	Valeriu Cosarciuc (born 1955)	25 September 2009	14 January 2011		Filat I
9	Vasile Bumacov (born 1957)	14 January 2011	18 February 2015		Filat II Leancă
10	Ion Sula (born 1980)	18 February 2015	20 January 2016		Gaburici Streleț
11	Eduard Grama (born 1973)	20 January 2016	20 March 2017		Filip
12	Vasile Bîtca (born 1971)	26 July 2017	21 December 2017
13	Liviu Volconovici (born 1956)	10 January 2018	18 September 2018
14	Nicolae Ciubuc (born 1980)	25 September 2018	8 June 2019
15	Georgeta Mincu (born 1971)	8 June 2019	14 November 2019		Sandu
16	Ion Perju (born 1971)	14 November 2019	6 August 2021		Chicu
17	Viorel Gherciu (born 1969)	6 August 2021	8 July 2022		Gavrilița
18	Vladimir Bolea (born 1971)	8 July 2022	Incumbent	Deputy Prime Minister	Gavrilița Recean