Vladimir Bolea

Vladimir Bolea (born 23 September 1971) is a Moldovan politician and meritocrat currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Tofan Cabinet.

Early life Bolea was born on 23 September 1971 in Carabetovca, then part of the Moldavian SSR. From 1989 to 1991 he studied at the Leningrad Higher Military Political School of Air Defense in the Russian SFSR. Returning to Moldova, from 1991 to 1997 he then studied at the State University of Moldova for a license in history, while at the same time completing his license in law from 1994 to 1997. He started working in 2001 as director of S.C. PATIPTODCOM S.R.L. in Chișinău, which he served as director of until 2015. From 2001 to 2002 he returned to the State University of Moldova, receiving his Master's degree's in economic law. After serving as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, he was chosen as Agriculture Minister by Maia Sandu, and was sworn in on 8 July 2022, replacing Viorel Gherciu. In November 2024 it was announced that he would leave the position as Minister of Agriculture to take over the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, a position that had remained vacant since Andrei Spînu's resignation.