Ion Costaș

Ion Costaș
Costaș in 2016
1st Minister of Defense
In office
5 February 1992 – 29 July 1992
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterValeriu Muravschi
Andrei Sangheli
Succeeded byPavel Creangă
1st Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
3 June 1990 – 5 February 1992
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterMircea Druc
Valeriu Muravschi
Preceded byVladimir Voronin (as Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR)
Succeeded byConstantin Antoci
Personal details
Born (1944-02-22) 22 February 1944
Alma materHigher Military Aviation School from Kharkiv (1967)
Gagarin Air Force Academy in Moscow (1976)
Moscow Police Academy
OccupationMilitary
Military service
Years of service1967–1993
RankDivision general
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Ion Costaș (born 22 February 1944) is a Moldovan military officer and a former minister of interior (1990–1992) and Defence (1992).

He is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.