Dorin Recean

Dorin Recean
Dorin Recean
	Official portrait, 2023
Special Envoy for Development and Resilience
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 December 2025
President	Maia Sandu
16th Prime Minister of Moldova
	In office; 16 February 2023 – 1 November 2025
President	Maia Sandu
Deputy	See list Nicu Popescu; Dumitru Alaiba; Vladimir Bolea; Oleg Serebrian; Mihai Popșoi; Cristina Gherasimov; Doina Nistor; Roman Roșca;
Preceded by	Natalia Gavrilița
Succeeded by	Alexandru Munteanu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
	In office; 22 October 2025 – 1 November 2025
Succeeded by	Igor Talmazan
Parliamentary group	Party of Action and Solidarity
Defense and National Security Advisor to the President – Secretary of the Supreme Security Council
	In office; 7 February 2022 – 16 February 2023
President	Maia Sandu
Preceded by	Ana Revenco
Succeeded by	Stanislav Secrieru
Minister of Internal Affairs
	In office; 24 July 2012 – 18 February 2015
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vlad Filat; Iurie Leancă
Preceded by	Alexei Roibu
Succeeded by	Oleg Balan
Deputy Minister of Information Technology and Communications
	In office; 29 January 2010 – 24 July 2012
President	Mihai Ghimpu (acting); Vlad Filat (acting); Marian Lupu (acting); Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vlad Filat
Minister	Alexandru Oleinic; Pavel Filip
Personal details
Born	17 March 1974; Dondușeni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Citizenship	Moldova; Romania
Party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Party of Action and Solidarity (2025)
Spouse	Stella Recean
Children	2
Education	Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (BA); Newport International University (MBA)
Occupation	Politician; professor; businessman;

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Dorin Recean (born 17 March 1974) is a Moldovan politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Moldova from February 2023 to November 2025. Since 2022 he has also served as Presidential Advisor on Defense and National Security, and Secretary of Moldova's Supreme Security Council. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova from July 2012 to February 2015. He has extensive experience in the private sector and in the IT industry with a specialisation in data, including big data, and information analysis. He also worked in development institutions and was previously a lecturer at several universities.

He is considered to be pro-Western and a strong supporter of the accession of Moldova to the European Union. He has opposed and criticised Russia's involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war and supported subsequent steps to reduce Moldova's economic dependence on Russia, expressing his sympathy and support for Ukraine in the conflict. He has argued for increased military cooperation between Moldova and NATO.