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MoldovaCouncil of Ministers
The activities of the government are directed by the
cabinet,
or Council of Ministers, headed by the prime minister and
the
first deputy prime minister. In early 1995, the prime
minister
was Andrei Sangheli, appointed in July 1992 and
reappointed in
March 1994. Candidates for the Council of Ministers are
nominated
by the president (on the prime minister's recommendation)
and
must be confirmed by Parliament before taking office. In
1995
there were eighteen ministries: agriculture and food,
commercial
services and housing, culture, defense, economy,
education,
finance, foreign affairs, health, industry, information
and
communication, interior, justice, labor and social and
family
protection, national security, parliamentary relations,
privatization and administration of state property, and
transportation and road assistance.
In addition to these ministries, the government has
state
departments subordinate to the Council of Ministers. In
1995
there were nine state departments: architecture and
construction;
customs control; energy, energy resources, and fuel;
environmental protection; national relations; standards,
metrology, and technical assistance; statistics; trade;
and youth
and sports.
Data as of June 1995
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