{{Short description|Moldovan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gheorghe Brega | image = Gheorghe Brega 2016-07-24.jpg | office = Acting Prime Minister of Moldova | president = Nicolae Timofti | term_start = 30 October 2015 | term_end = 20 January 2016 | predecessor = Valeriu Streleț | successor = Pavel Filip | office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova<br/>for Social Affairs | term_start1 = 30 July 2015 | term_end1 = 30 May 2017 | predecessor1 = Tatiana Potîng | successor1 = | prime_minister1 = Valeriu Streleț<br />Pavel Filip | president1 = Nicolae Timofti<br/>Igor Dodon | office2 = Member of the Moldovan Parliament | term_start2 = 22 April 2009 | term_end2 = 31 July 2015 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Roman Boțan | prime_minister2 = | president2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Drepcăuți, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union<br>{{small|(now Moldova)}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = Liberal Party | other_party = Alliance for European<br>Integration {{small|(2009–2013)}}<br>Pro-European Coalition<br>{{small|(2013–2015)}}<br>Political Alliance for a<br>European Moldova {{small|(2015)}}<br>Alliance for European<br>Integration III {{small|(2015–2016)}} | alma_mater = Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy | prime_minister = | parliamentary_group3 = Liberal Party | caption = Brega in 2016 | status1 = | image_size = | status = }}
'''Gheorghe Brega''' (born 25 September 1951) is a Moldovan physician and politician who was the acting Prime Minister of Moldova from 30 October 2015 to 20 January 2016. He served as Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs of Moldova from 30 July 2015 to 30 May 2017, and was a Member of the Moldovan Parliament from 2009 to 2015.
== Biography == Born in the village of Drepcăuți, Briceni District, Soviet Moldova, Brega graduated from Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chişinău in 1974. He was a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 31 July 2015.
On 30 October 2015 he was named as acting prime minister (''locum tenens''),<ref>[http://jurnal.md/ro/politic/2015/10/30/gheorghe-brega-numit-premier-interimar-presedintele-timofti-se-justifica-nimeni-nu-m-a-presat-e-decizia-mea-proprie/ Gheorghe Brega, numit premier interimar; Președintele Timofti se justifică: „Nimeni nu m-a presat, e decizia mea proprie”]</ref> until Pavel Filip was chosen as a permanent replacement for Valeriu Streleț, and formed a new cabinet in which Brega continued his work as Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs. He was the first and last member of the Liberal Party (PL) to serve as prime minister in any capacity, even if acting.
==Honours== *National Order Star of Romania, rank of Grand Officer (2014)<ref>[http://lege5.ro/Gratuit/gm4dmobuga/decretul-nr-1079-2013-privind-conferirea-ordinului-national-steaua-romaniei Decretul nr. 1079/2013 privind conferirea Ordinului Național Steaua României]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tribuna.md/2014/01/23/patru-deputati-moldoveni-au-primit-din-miinile-sefului-statului-roman-ordinul-%E2%80%9Csteaua-romaniei%E2%80%9D/ |title=Patru deputați moldoveni au primit din mîinile șefului statului român ordinul "Steaua României" |access-date=2017-10-06 |archive-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701022334/http://tribuna.md/2014/01/23/patru-deputati-moldoveni-au-primit-din-miinile-sefului-statului-roman-ordinul-%E2%80%9Csteaua-romaniei%E2%80%9D/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207130648/http://gheorghebrega.com/ Gheorghe BREGA official site] * [http://www.parlament.md/StructuraParlamentului/Deputies/tabid/87/Id/31/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx Gheorghe Brega pe site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova] * [http://old.parlament.md/structure/deputees/BREGAGheorghe/ Gheorghe Brega pe site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova] [old version]
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{{Filip Cabinet}} {{Streleț Cabinet}} {{Prime Ministers of Moldova}} {{Alliance for European Integration}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brega, Gheorghe}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Liberal Party (Moldova) MPs Category:Moldovan MPs 2009 Category:Moldovan MPs 2009–2010 Category:Moldovan MPs 2010–2014 Category:Moldovan MPs 2014–2019 Category:Moldovan medical doctors Category:Prime ministers of Moldova Category:Romanian people of Moldovan descent Category:Grand Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania