Monica Babuc

Monica Babuc (born 29 March 1964) is a politician and historian from the Republic of Moldova, who was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Moldova in four consecutive cabinets (Leancă, Gaburici, Streleţ and Filip) from 2013 to 2019. During her tenure as Minister of Culture she approved the strategy "Culture-2020", laws on cinematography, public libraries, and scholarships. She also helped create the National Center of Cinematography, the National Film Archive and the Cinematography Register.

Monica Babuc is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova, and formerly a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party. From 2019 to 2020, she was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament. She was the interim chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova in 2021. In the televised electoral debates, she admitted that she speaks Romanian and is equally Romanian and Moldovan. At the local elections in Chișinău on 14 June 2015 Monica Babuc accrued 2.17% of the vote.

In March 2023 she became the head of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Chișinău.

Early life She was born on 29 March 1967 in Bardar in the Moldavian SSR. In addition to Romanian, she speaks Russian, French and English.