Andrei Nastase, the founder of the “Dignity and Truth” Platform, decided to run for the presidency this year after taking a political brake. He was born on August 6, 1975, in the Mindresti village, Telenesti district. He is married and has three children. He speaks Romanian, Russian and English.
Andrei Nastase studied history at the “Stefan cel Mare” University in Suceava, Romania, and from 1993 to 1997 at the Law Faculty of the University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” in Iasi.
Until 2000, Mr. Nastase worked as a prosecutor at the Chisinau Transportation Prosecutor’s Office, and later, he was appointed deputy director of the Moldovan-German Joint Venture “Air Moldova S.R.L.” He has been a licensed lawyer since 2002. In early 2015, together with several opinion leaders, journalists, lawyers, political scientists, and ambassadors, he participated in the founding of the Civic Platform Dignity and Truth. He joined the People’s Strength Party that same year, later renamed the “Dignity and Truth Platform” Party, and was elected president. In the 2018 elections for mayor of Chisinau, after coming second in the first round with 32.1%, Nastase won 52.57% of the total number of votes in the second round, defeating Ion Ceban (47.43%). However, on June 19, 2018, the elections were declared void because both candidates had broken the electoral silence on election day, contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Code. In 2019, after the constitutional crisis in the Republic of Moldova, which led to the departure of oligarchs Vlad Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor, the Chisinau Court of Appeal validated Andrei Nastase’s mandate, annulling the judgment issued by the Chisinau Court of Appeals that annulled the 2018 local elections.
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In 2019, Nastase was a member of the Parliament of the 10th legislature. In the same year, the politician resigned from his parliamentary mandate and moved to the Sandu Government, holding the Minister of Internal Affairs post. After serving as minister, Nastase became a councilor in the Chisinau Municipal Council. In 2022, the politician retired from politics, including the party he founded.
In the declaration on wealth and personal interests filed with the CEC, Nastase indicates that in 2023, he raised more than €53,000 in salary from a German company without mentioning its name. The politician’s wife reportedly raised a similar amount from the same company. Nastase also collected 1,000 Romanian lei as remuneration for his work at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi. From the Chisinau City Hall, in 2023, the politician raised a compensation of almost 3,000 lei. He owns six plots of land, all obtained by donation contract. He has two houses, one of 156 square meters and another of 77, received by donation. Andrei Nastase has two small apartments, which do not exceed 35 sq.m. In his statement, the politician also indicates two garages bought in 2023 for 40,000 euros cumulative. Nastase has a car manufactured in 2018, which he bought for 41,750 euros. He did not indicate the make of the car. Andrei Nastase has debts of €600,000 to a bank in Germany, due in 2027 and 2032.
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