Alexandru Tănase

Alexandru Tănase (born 24 February 1971) is a Moldovan politician. He is a former president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova. He was Justice Minister in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, and in the first several months of the Second Filat Cabinet.

Biography Tănase was born on 24 February 1971 in Chișinău. He graduated in law from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași in 1994 and later pursued postgraduate studies at the State University of Moldova. He also completed specialized training programs in criminal defense techniques organized by the American Bar Association and in the application of the European Convention on Human Rights through programs supported by the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Among the most notable were the Ilascu case and proceedings challenging restrictions imposed on Moldovan public officials holding Romanian citizenship, which he pursued together with Chișinău mayor Dorin Chirtoacă. He also served as counsel for former Defense Minister Valeriu Pasat in litigation related to the controversial sale of MiG fighter aircraft by the Moldovan government in the late 1990s. Tănase served as First Vice-President of the party from 2007 to 2011 and was elected to the Parliament of Moldova in 2009 and 2010.

In 2018, Tănase was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas by Lithuania.