The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry () is one of the fourteen Moldovan ministries, being the central body of public administration, subordinated to the Government. It has the mission to ensure the realization of the constitutional prerogatives of the Government in the development and promotion of state policy of sustainable development of Agro-industrial sector of the country, by increasing competitiveness and productivity in the sector and ensuring the safety and food sufficiency in the country in order to create the premises for permanent increase in welfare. The current minister is Eugen Osmochescu.
A monument dedicated to Moldovan wine (Vinul Moldovei) is installed in front of the ministry building. The sculpture, created by artist Veaceslav Jiglitchi, symbolizes the importance of winemaking, which is a fundamental sector of Moldova’s agriculture. Молдавскому вину поставили памятник!—https://wine-and-spirits.md/moldavskomu-vinu-postavili-pamyatnik/
List of ministers No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) Office term Notes Cabinet 1 Andrei Sangheli6 June 19901 July 1992 First Deputy Prime Minister Druc Muravschi 2Vitalie Gorincioi30 August 199224 January 1997 Sangheli I-II 3Gheorghe Lungu24 January 199722 May 1998 Ciubuc I 4Valeriu Bulgari22 May 199821 December 1999 Ciubuc II Sturza 5Ion Russu21 December 199919 April 2001 Braghiș 6Dmitri Todoroglo19 April 200119 April 2005 Deputy Prime Minister Tarlev I 7Anatolie Gorodenco19 April 200525 September 2009 Tarlev II Greceanîi I-II 8 Valeriu Cosarciuc25 September 200914 January 2011 Filat I 9 Vasile Bumacov14 January 201118 February 2015 Filat II Leancă 10 Ion Sula18 February 201520 January 2016 Gaburici Streleț 11Eduard Grama20 January 201620 March 2017 Filip 12Vasile Bîtca26 July 201721 December 2017 13Liviu Volconovici10 January 201818 September 2018 14Nicolae Ciubuc25 September 20188 June 2019 15 Georgeta Mincu8 June 201914 November 2019 Sandu 16 Ion Perju14 November 20196 August 2021 Chicu 17 Viorel Gherciu6 August 20218 July 2022 Gavrilița 18Vladimir Bolea8 July 202219 November 2024 Deputy Prime Minister Gavrilița Recean19Ludmila Catlabuga19 November 202422 July 2026Recean Munteanu20Radu Musteața22 July 202624 July 2026Tofan21Eugen Osmochescu28 August 2026Incumbent
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