Oazu Nantoi

Moldovan politician and political analyst

Oazu Nantoi

Nantoi in 2021

Member of the Moldovan Parliament

Incumbent

Assumed office
9 March 2019
Parliamentary group| Party of Action and Solidarity
In office
16 March 2010 – 24 December 2010
Preceded by| Valentina Buliga
Parliamentary group| Democratic Party
Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council
In office
13 July 2015 – 30 January 2018
Succeeded by| Valentina Țapiș
In office
31 July 2007 – 15 April 2010
Preceded by| Vladimir Filat
Succeeded by| Iurie Chiorescu
Personal details
Born|  (1948-02-03) 3 February 1948 (age 77)
Vanchykivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Citizenship|  Moldova
Political party| European People's Party
Democratic Party of Moldova
Social Democratic Party
Popular Front of Moldova
Alma mater| Technical University of Moldova
Profession| Engineer, Political Analyst

Oazu Nantoi (born 3 February 1948) is a Moldovan politician and political analyst serving as member of Parliament of Moldova since 2019.[1]

## Biography

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Oazu Nantoi was born to Orthodox Christian Romanian parents from the Vanchykivtsi (Romanian: Vancicăuții Mari) village in the Hotin County, Romania. However, Nantoi himself was born during the Soviet period. According to the Soviet policy regarding most ethnic Romanians living in the USSR, he was registered as ethnic Moldovan. His birth certificate is in Ukrainian as, following the Allied victory in WW II, the Soviets had annexed and incorporated the region in Ukrainian SSR. While in high school, Nantoi's mother was into Indian epic literature and decided that when she got married and had a son, she would name him Oazu. Nantoi's father was the school master and his mother was a teacher with the local village school. His father, due to some conflicts at work, moved in 1964 to a school in another village where he worked one year. As of 1965, at the age of 36, he moved to Chișinău, did the postgraduate studies, and studied the CPSU history. In 1965, Oazu with his mother joined him in Chișinău. When the Pedagogical Institute was re-established, his father got the position of the dean of the Department of Philology. He accepted it yet requested to be offered an apartment. The request was granted, and his family joined him in Chișinău. While studying at Polytechnic Institute, Oazu was selected in the parachuting team of Moldova. After a pause of 31 years, since 2004, he resumed jumping with parachute. He was not a member of the Communist Party of Moldova. In 1970, he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Chișinău. He worked at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.[2]

## Professional activity

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In 1990-1991, he was the deputy Director general of the „Moldova-Press” Agency. In 1991-1992, he was the Head of the Policy Analysis Department within the Presidency of the Republic of Moldova. In 1995-1998, he was the Director of the Enterprise „Euro-alco”. Since 2000 by now, he is the Program Director in Conflicts Management at the Institute of Public Policies. In 1992-1994 and 1996-1998 the member of the Board of the Soros Foundation of Moldova.[3]

## Political activity

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On October 13, 1989, he was elected as deputy president of the Board of the Popular Front of Moldova. On 13 May 1990 Oazu Nantoi created the Social Democratic Party (Moldova). In 2009-2010, he was an MP in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova from the Democratic Party side. Nantoi has been proposed as a candidate in the Moldovan presidential election, 2011–2012.[4]

In March 2015, he stacked to the Iurie Leancă party,[5] European People's Party of Moldova, and became the candidate of the electoral block "European People’s Platform of Moldova – Iurie Leancă" for the position of the general mayor of Chișinău municipality. At the local elections held on Jun 14, 2015, Oazu Nantoi has gathered 10,18% of the votes, being listed at the 3rd place in the first round of elections, after Dorin Chirtoacă and Zinaida Greceanîi, and thus, did not manage to enter into the second round of elections.

In 2015, he participated in establishing of the Civil Platform „Dignity and Truth”.[6] He was elected member of Parliament of Moldova in the 2019 parliamentary election running as independent within the ACUM Electoral Bloc.[7][8][9]

## Private life

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Oazu Nantoi is married and has two children, Sergiu (born on October 13, 1973) and Gheorghe.[10]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oazu Nantoi.

## References

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1. ^ "Confirmarea rezultatelor alegerilor parlamentare din 24 februarie 2019 şi validarea mandatelor de deputat de către Curtea Constituţională pentru Parlamentul de legislatura a X-a". constcourt.md (in Romanian). March 9, 2019.
2. ^ "Oazu Nantoi. "Nu am câştigat nimic când am încercat să fiu altfel dec…", archive.is, July 3, 2013, archived from the original on July 3, 2013, retrieved July 26, 2019
3. ^ "Despre noi / Institutul de Politici Publice", archive.is, April 26, 2015, archived from the original on April 26, 2015, retrieved July 26, 2019
4. ^ Radio Free Europe, Între cine se va da lupta pentru fotoliului prezidenţial?
5. ^ "Oazu Nantoi se alătură lui Leancă", Timpul - Ştiri din Moldova, retrieved July 26, 2019
6. ^ "Liderii de opinie au lansat "Platforma Civică Demnitate şi Adevăr – DA"", BASARABIA, archived from the original on June 17, 2018, retrieved July 26, 2019
7. ^ "Votează ACUM pentru Oazu NANTOI!", ACUM, retrieved July 26, 2019
8. ^ "CURTEA CONSTITUŢIONALĂ HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 4 din 09.03.2019", Lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=379919, retrieved July 26, 2019
9. ^ "Confirmarea rezultatelor alegerilor parlamentare din 24 februarie 2019 şi validarea mandatelor de deputat de către Curtea Constituţională pentru Parlamentul de legislatura a X-a", Curtea Constituţională a Republicii Moldova, retrieved July 26, 2019
10. ^ "Oazu Nantoi, despre femeia care-l cunoaște cel mai bine: "Soția mea e o doamnă înțeleaptă"", Ea.md/oazu-nantoi-despre-femeia-care-l-cunoaste-cel-mai-bine-sotia-mea-e-o-doamna-inteleapta/, retrieved July 26, 2019

## External links

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* Între cine se va da lupta pentru fotoliului prezidenţial?
* Oazu Nantoi
* Curtea Constitutionala a validat mandatele a opt noi deputati
* Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova
* Radio Chişinău, 11 ianuarie 2012: Oazu Nantoi și-a propus propria candidatură la funcția de președinte Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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