Profile updated: 17.10.25
Ion Chicu
politician
politician
Date of Birth: 28.02.1972
Place of Birth: Pirjolteni village, Calarasi district
Citizenship: Republic of Moldova
Ion Chicu had completed his higher education at the Moldovan Academy of Economic Studies and worked there as a lecturer after graduation. In 1994 he takes jobs in the private sector too: first as a department chief and later as the executive director of Moldacom SA.
In 2005, during the Communists Party rule, Mr. Chicu took over as head of the Structural Reforms Department in the Ministry of Economy and Commerce; there he met Igor Dodon who served as a deputy minister.
Some time later he held the post of adviser to then Deputy Premier Zinaida Grecianii, and four months later Mr. Cucu landed in the seat of deputy minister of finance. He returned to Zinaida Grecianii in 2008, when the latter was named prime minister. Mr. Chicu served her as an adviser on economics and foreign policy until September 2009, the time the Communists got swept from power.
The next eight years Ion Chicu worked as a consultant in public finance management in various projects implemented by the Ministry of Finance, the World Bank Office, and the economic consultancy ECORYS.
He returned to the Ministry of Finance as a secretary-general in early 2018, on a ticket from the Democratic Party (PDM), and by the end of the same year he got promoted to the post of minister of Finance. When PDM concedes to relax its grip on power in June 2019, and the Socialists ally with the opposition bloc ACUM, Ion Chicu quit the post.
President Igor Dodon didn't leave him jobless for long - soon Mr. Chicu joined the head of state as his adviser. Three months later the Socialists sacked the government dominated by their ally and Mr. Dodon fielded his adviser to the office of Prime Minister; Ion Chicu won the confidence vote from the same Socialist and Democratic MPs who dumped the cabinet of Maia Sandu.
In the summer of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Chicu married off his son and threw a party, even though such events were banned at the time. The prime minister then stated that it wasn't a wedding but rather a 'celebratory meal.'
After Igor Dodon's defeat in the presidential elections, a day before Maia Sandu's inauguration, Ion Chicu announced his resignation from the head of the Government.
However, he returned to the political arena at the end of March 2021, when he announced the creation of a new political party – the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova (PDCM). Alongside Chicu are former ministers from the government he led, Viorica Dumbrăveanu and Anatol Usatîi.
In the early parliamentary elections of summer 2021, the party led by Chicu obtained a score of 0.43%.
In 2024, during the presidential elections, Chicu was nominated by the PDCM to run for the position of president. However, he announced that he would boycott the consultative referendum on Moldova's accession to the European Union.
In 2005, during the Communists Party rule, Mr. Chicu took over as head of the Structural Reforms Department in the Ministry of Economy and Commerce; there he met Igor Dodon who served as a deputy minister.
Some time later he held the post of adviser to then Deputy Premier Zinaida Grecianii, and four months later Mr. Cucu landed in the seat of deputy minister of finance. He returned to Zinaida Grecianii in 2008, when the latter was named prime minister. Mr. Chicu served her as an adviser on economics and foreign policy until September 2009, the time the Communists got swept from power.
The next eight years Ion Chicu worked as a consultant in public finance management in various projects implemented by the Ministry of Finance, the World Bank Office, and the economic consultancy ECORYS.
He returned to the Ministry of Finance as a secretary-general in early 2018, on a ticket from the Democratic Party (PDM), and by the end of the same year he got promoted to the post of minister of Finance. When PDM concedes to relax its grip on power in June 2019, and the Socialists ally with the opposition bloc ACUM, Ion Chicu quit the post.
President Igor Dodon didn't leave him jobless for long - soon Mr. Chicu joined the head of state as his adviser. Three months later the Socialists sacked the government dominated by their ally and Mr. Dodon fielded his adviser to the office of Prime Minister; Ion Chicu won the confidence vote from the same Socialist and Democratic MPs who dumped the cabinet of Maia Sandu.
In the summer of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Chicu married off his son and threw a party, even though such events were banned at the time. The prime minister then stated that it wasn't a wedding but rather a 'celebratory meal.'
After Igor Dodon's defeat in the presidential elections, a day before Maia Sandu's inauguration, Ion Chicu announced his resignation from the head of the Government.
However, he returned to the political arena at the end of March 2021, when he announced the creation of a new political party – the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova (PDCM). Alongside Chicu are former ministers from the government he led, Viorica Dumbrăveanu and Anatol Usatîi.
In the early parliamentary elections of summer 2021, the party led by Chicu obtained a score of 0.43%.
In 2024, during the presidential elections, Chicu was nominated by the PDCM to run for the position of president. However, he announced that he would boycott the consultative referendum on Moldova's accession to the European Union.
Political Affiliation
Private Function
Public Function
Career
02.2007
Council of Europe Development Bank
09.2009
member of the Board of Directors
12.1994
Moldacom SA
06.2005
head of department, executive director
04.2021
Partidul Dezvoltării și Consolidării Moldovei
president
03.1998
The Reform Party
03.1998
candidate on the national list for parliamentary elections
Income
2024
Total: 541.460,31 MDL
2023
Total: 780.898,54 MDL
2020
Total: 282.943,00 MDL
2019
Total: 374.713,00 MDL
2018
Total: 426.927,00 MDL
2017
Total: 127.205,00 MDL
59.234,00 USD
Real Estate
2020
Apartment
Value: 379.698,00 MDL
Area: 59,9 mp
Ownership: 100%
2015
Villa
Value: 776.690,00 MDL
Area: 77,9 mp
Ownership: 100%
2013
Agricultural land
Value: 88.147,00 MDL
Area: 0,064 ha
Ownership: 100%
2012
Agricultural land
Value: 45.450,00 MDL
Area: 0,033 ha
Ownership: 100%
1994
Agricultural land
Value: 125.000,00 MDL
Area: 0,15 ha
Ownership: 100%
Mobile Assets
2023
Car
Audi Q2 E-Tron
Value: 430.000,00 MDL
2015 - 2020
Car
Suzuki Vitara
Value: 200.000,00 MDL
2012 - 2018
Car
Hyundai Santa Fe
Value: 150.000,00 MDL
Loans (Given)
2022 - 2026
Ion Chicu
(0%)
150.000,00 MDL
Puscuta Sergiu
2020 - 2022
Ion Chicu
(9%)
50.000,00 MDL
Moldindconbank
2020 - 2040
spouse
(5%)
690.000,00 MDL
Moldindconbank
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Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova
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