Ion Sturza
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Ion Sturza is a Moldovan politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Moldova
Prime Minister of Moldova
The Prime Minister of Moldova is Moldova's head of government. The prime minister is formally appointed by the President and exercises executive power along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.-Moldavian Democratic Republic :...

 between 19 February 1999 and 9 November 1999.

Education and early career

Born to the Sturdza family
Sturdza family
Sturdza, Sturza or Stourdza is the name of an old Romanian family, whose origins can be traced back to the 1540s.The Sturdza family has been long and intimately associated with the government first of Moldavia and afterwards of Romania...

 of Moldavian boyars, Ion Sturza graduated his studies in economics at the Moldova State University
Moldova State University
The Moldova State University is a university located in Chişinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946.-Organization:The university is organized into eleven faculties:*1. Biology and Pedology...

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Sturza worked as a bank president and a business in distribution
Distribution (business)
Product distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user.The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing,...

 of juices and canned food in Moldova. Since 2002, he has been working for Rompetrol
Rompetrol
The Rompetrol Group N.V. , is a Romanian oil company, that operates in many countries throughout Europe:unclear what "market share": refining? downstream? extraction? well services?*Romania - 2nd largest oil company, 40% market share...

, the second biggest Romanian oil company, currently being its vice-president. In 2007, he initiated the biggest transaction in Romania, as KazMunaiGaz bought 75% of the shares of the company for $2.7 billion.

The Prime Minister of Moldova

He served as Prime Minister of Moldova
Prime Minister of Moldova
The Prime Minister of Moldova is Moldova's head of government. The prime minister is formally appointed by the President and exercises executive power along with the cabinet subject to parliamentary support.-Moldavian Democratic Republic :...

 between February 19, 1999 and November 9, 1999. His government had the support of the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms was a governing coalition, between numerous non-Communist parties, which had the absolute majority in the Moldovan Parliament after the 1998 parliamentary election.- The overall context :...

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