Profile updated: 15.10.2024
Octavian Ticu
politician
politician
Date of Birth: 21.08.1972
Place of Birth: Costuleni village, Ungheni district
Citizenship: Republic of Moldova
Octavian Ticu is a historian and professional boxer. He had worked a long time at the Moldovan Free International University (ULIM), as a lecturer, dean, and director of ULIM’s Institute of History and Political Sciences. He also acted as a guest lecturer at universities in seven countries. Mr. Ticu is the author of ten books about humanity development, political systems, and governance; his teachings have been published in Romania, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
His first experience in politics happened in 2013; he served as the minister of youth and sports on a recommendation from the Liberal Party. In March 2015 he joined the team of Iurie Leanca and co-founded the Moldovan European People’s Party – a project of then Prime Minister Leanca upon his breakup from the Moldovan Liberal Democratic Party.
In the 24 February 2019 elections he competed both on the party national list and in a uninominal constituency, #16 Ungheni, on behalf of ACUM, a bloc of the Action and Solidarity Party and the Dignity and Truth Platform. He was luckier as a candidate on the party list after having lost to his Democratic rival in his native district. He would not give up his political ambitions even at the 1 November 2020 presidential elections. He is supported by the PUN party. In the first round of the scrutiny, he was awarded only 2.01% of the votes.
He also ran in the parliamentary elections in the summer of 2021, heading the PUN list, but the party did not enter Parliament. At the end of the year, he resigned from the party leadership.
In 2024, he entered the presidential race again, this time being supported by the "Together" Electoral Bloc, formed by the Dignity and Truth Platform, the Party of Change, and the League of Cities and Towns.
Mr. Ticu was seven times a national boxing champion and, in 1996, the first Moldovan boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games. In 2010, Acting President Mihai Ghimpu awarded him a Civic Merit Medal.
His first experience in politics happened in 2013; he served as the minister of youth and sports on a recommendation from the Liberal Party. In March 2015 he joined the team of Iurie Leanca and co-founded the Moldovan European People’s Party – a project of then Prime Minister Leanca upon his breakup from the Moldovan Liberal Democratic Party.
In the 24 February 2019 elections he competed both on the party national list and in a uninominal constituency, #16 Ungheni, on behalf of ACUM, a bloc of the Action and Solidarity Party and the Dignity and Truth Platform. He was luckier as a candidate on the party list after having lost to his Democratic rival in his native district. He would not give up his political ambitions even at the 1 November 2020 presidential elections. He is supported by the PUN party. In the first round of the scrutiny, he was awarded only 2.01% of the votes.
He also ran in the parliamentary elections in the summer of 2021, heading the PUN list, but the party did not enter Parliament. At the end of the year, he resigned from the party leadership.
In 2024, he entered the presidential race again, this time being supported by the "Together" Electoral Bloc, formed by the Dignity and Truth Platform, the Party of Change, and the League of Cities and Towns.
Mr. Ticu was seven times a national boxing champion and, in 1996, the first Moldovan boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games. In 2010, Acting President Mihai Ghimpu awarded him a Civic Merit Medal.
Political Affiliation
Private Function
Public Function
Career
09.2019
Parliament
07.2021
unaffiliated member of the Parliament
02.2019
Parliament
09.2019
member of the Parliament, DA, ACUM electoral bloc
02.2013
Ministry of Youth and Sports
05.2013
minister
09.2010
Institute of History, Ministry of Education, Culture and Research
researcher-coordinator
01.2010
Presidential commission for studying and assessing the totalitarian communist regime
06.2010
member
01.2006
Governmental Commission for the Development of the Master's Degree Curriculum
06.2006
member
2018
Cotidianul newspaper
2019
editorialist
05.2017
Jurnal TV
12.2017
the producer of the show ,,And Punctum"
2017
Radio Europa Libera (REL)
co-author, Centenary Blog
2012
Association of History Teachers in Europe
member of the Executive Committee in the international project Sharing History Cultural Dialogues
01.2011
Soros-Foundation Moldova
02.2013
member of the National Council
09.2009
Institute of History and Political Science, ULIM
09.2010
director
01.2009
Soros-Foundation Moldova
member of the Council of experts in the East-East Program: Partnership Beyond the Border
12.2008
Center for Peace Initiative, Democratic Changes and Conflict Resolution
04.2010
associate professor
02.2008
Institute for Development and Social Initiatives
06.2008
expert in political analysis
09.2006
Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Center, Urbana-Champaign, USA
05.2007
professor Fulbright
09.2005
ULIM
09.2009
head of the Department of International Relations and Politology
2005
Eastern European Committee for the selection of fellowships, Francophone University Agency
2006
member
2003
ULIM
responsible for the Master of Regional Studies, the Faculty of History and International Relations
2002
ULIM
2005
head of the Department of Universal Contemporary History and Political Science
Income
2023
Total: 149.587,00 MDL
2021
Total: 258.752,00 MDL
2020
Total: 571.593,83 MDL
2019
Total: 509.410,00 MDL
2018
Total: 485.208,00 MDL
2012
Total: 74.786,58 MDL
Real Estate
2015
Apartament
Value: 739.530,00 MDL
Area: 128.3 mp
Ownership: 100%
Mobile Assets
2018
Car
Ford Focus
Value: 214.555,00 MDL
Bank Accounts
Total: 18.114,00 EUR
82.720,00 MDL
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member of the Parliament
candidate for parliamentary elections from February 2019
National Unity Party
chairman
The European People
constituent member