The prime minister<!--"prime minister" is uncapitalised here because it is preceded by the modifier "The", as per MOS:JOBTITLES bullet 3 and table column 2 example 1. Any proposal for modification to the guideline should be posted at its talk page, WT:MOSBIO.--> of Moldova () is Moldova's head of government. The prime minister is formally appointed by the president of Moldova and exercises executive power along with the cabinet, subject to parliamentary support. Alexandru Munteanu has been serving as prime minister since 1 November 2025.
List of Prime Ministers
Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)
; Parties
; Status
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! No.
! Portrait
! Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Office term
! Political party
|-
! style="background:;"|1
|frameless|123x123px
|Pantelimon Erhan
|7/20 December 1917
|13/26 January 1918
|Socialist Revolutionary Party
|-
! style="background:;"|2
|frameless|121x121px
|Daniel Ciugureanu
|16/29 January 1918
|8/21 April 1918
|National Moldavian Party
|-
! style="background:;"|3
|frameless|111x111px
|Petru Cazacu
|9/22 April 1918
|29 November/12 December 1918
|National Moldavian Party
|}
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991)
Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!No.
!Portrait
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Office term
|-
|1
|frameless|111x111px
|Tihon Konstantinov
|2 August 1940
|17 April 1945
|-
|2
|
|Nicolae Coval
|17 April 1945
|4 January 1946
|-
|3
|frameless|80x80px
|Gherasim Rudi
|5 January 1946
|4 April 1946
|}
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
!No.
!Portrait
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Office term
|-
|1
|frameless|80x80px
|Gherasim Rudi
|4 April 1946
|23 January 1958
|-
|2
|frameless|80x80px
|Alexandru Diordiță
|23 January 1958
|15 April 1970
|-
|3
|frameless|105x105px
|Petru Pascari
|24 April 1970
|1 August 1976
|-
|4
|frameless|161x161px
|Semion Grossu
|1 August 1976
|30 December 1980
|-
|5
|frameless|106x106px
|Ion Ustian
|30 December 1980
|24 December 1985
|-
|6
|
|Ivan Calin
|24 December 1985
|10 January 1990
|-
|7
|frameless|105x105px
|Petru Pascari
|10 January 1990
|26 May 1990
|-
|8
|frameless|113x113px
|Mircea Druc
|26 May 1990
|28 May 1991
|-
|9
|80px
|Valeriu Muravschi<br />
|28 May 1991
|27 August 1991
|}
Republic of Moldova (1991–present)
; Parties
; Status
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan="2" |Prior office
! rowspan="2" | Elected
! rowspan=2| Cabinet<br />
! rowspan=2|
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! style="width:10px" | Time in office
|-
| 1
| 80px
| Valeriu Muravschi<br />
| 27 August 1991
| 1 July 1992
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;" |
| Popular Front
|Minister of Finance
| —
| Muravschi<br />
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | 80px
| rowspan="2" | Andrei Sangheli<br />
| rowspan="2" | 1 July 1992
| rowspan="2" | 24 January 1997
| rowspan="2" | <small></small>
! rowspan="2" style="background: ;" |
| rowspan="2" | Democratic Agrarian Party
| rowspan="2" |First Deputy Prime Minister
| —
| Sangheli I
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 1994
| Sangheli II
|-
| rowspan=2| 3
| rowspan=2| 80px
| rowspan=2| Ion Ciubuc<br />
| rowspan=2| 24 January 1997
| rowspan=2| 1 February 1999
| rowspan="2" | <small></small>
! rowspan=2 style="background: ;"|
| rowspan="2" |Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
| rowspan="2" |President of the Court of Accounts
| —
| Ciubuc I
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 1998 || Ciubuc II
|-
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" |–
| rowspan="2" |80px
| rowspan="2" |Ion Sturza<br />
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" |19 February 1999
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" |12 March 1999
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | <small></small>
! rowspan="2" style="background: ; color: white;" |
| rowspan="2" |Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
| rowspan="2" |Deputy Prime Minister
| rowspan="2" |—
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | Acting
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 4
| 12 March 1999 || 21 December 1999
| <small></small>
| Sturza
|-
| 5
| 80px
| Dumitru Braghiș<br />
| 21 December 1999
| 19 April 2001
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Independent
|First Deputy Minister of Economy and Reforms
| —
| Braghiș
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 6
| rowspan=2| 80px
| rowspan="2"|Vasile Tarlev<br />
| rowspan="2" |19 April 2001
| rowspan=2|31 March 2008
| rowspan="2"| <small></small>
! rowspan=2 style="background: ;"|
| rowspan=2|Party of Communists
| rowspan="2" |—
| 2001
| Tarlev I<br />
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 2005 || Tarlev II<br />
|-
| rowspan=2| 7
| rowspan=2| 80px
| rowspan="2" |Zinaida Greceanîi<br />
| rowspan="2" |31 March 2008
| rowspan=2|14 September 2009
| rowspan="2"| <small></small>
! rowspan=2 style="background: ;" |
| rowspan=2|Party of Communists
| rowspan="2" |First Deputy Prime Minister
| —
| Greceanîi I<br />
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 2009
| Greceanîi II<br />
|- bgcolor=E6E6AA
| —
| 80px || Vitalie Pîrlog<br /><br />
| 14 September 2009
| 25 September 2009
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Party of Communists
|Minister of Justice
| —
| Acting
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 8
| rowspan=2| 80px
| rowspan="2" |Vlad Filat<br />
| rowspan="2" |25 September 2009
| rowspan=2|25 April 2013
| rowspan="2"| <small></small>
! rowspan=2 style="background: ;" |
| rowspan=2|Liberal Democratic Party<br />
| rowspan="2" |Minister of State
| 2009
| Filat I<br />
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 2010 || Filat II<br />
|-
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | –
| rowspan="2"| 80px
| rowspan="2" | Iurie Leancă<br />
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | 25 April 2013
| bgcolor=E6E6AA| 30 May 2013
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | <small></small>
! style="background: ;" rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Liberal Democratic Party<br />
| rowspan="2" |Deputy Prime Minister
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | —
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" | Acting
| bgcolor="E6E6AA" |
|-
| 9
| 30 May 2013
| 18 February 2015
| <small></small>
| —
| Leancă<br />
|
|-
| 10
| 80px
| Chiril Gaburici<br >
| 18 February 2015
| 22 June 2015
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Independent
|—
| 2014
| Gaburici<br />
|
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
| —
| 80px
| Natalia Gherman<br /><br />
| 22 June 2015
| 30 July 2015
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Liberal Democratic Party<br />
|Deputy Prime Minister
| —
| Acting
|
|-
| 11
| 80px
| Valeriu Streleț<br />
| 30 July 2015
| 30 October 2015
| <small></small>
!style="background: ;"|
| Liberal Democratic Party<br />
|Member of Parliament
| —
| Streleț<br />
|
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
| —
| 80px
| Gheorghe Brega<br /><br />
| 30 October 2015
| 20 January 2016
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Liberal Party<br />
|Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs
| —
| Acting
|
|-
| 12
| 80px
| Pavel Filip<br />
| 20 January 2016
| 8 June 2019
| <small></small>
!style="background: ;"|
| Democratic Party
|Minister of Information Technology and Communications
| —
| Filip<br /><small>PDM–PL→PPEM</small>
|
|-
| 13
| 80px
| Maia Sandu<br />
| 8 June 2019
| 14 November 2019
| <small></small>
! style="background:;"|
| Party of Action and Solidarity
|Minister of Education
| 2019
| Sandu<br /><small>ACUM–PSRM</small>
|
|-
| 14
| 80px
| Ion Chicu<br />
| 14 November 2019
| 31 December 2020
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Independent
|Minister of Finance
| —
| Chicu<br /><small>PSRM–PDM</small>
|
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
| —
| 80px
| Aureliu Ciocoi<br /><br />
| 31 December 2020
| 6 August 2021
| <small></small>
! style="background: ; color:black;"|
| Independent
|Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
| —
| Acting
|
|-
| 15
| 80px
| Natalia Gavrilița<br />
| 6 August 2021
| 16 February 2023
| <small></small>
! style="background:;"|
| Party of Action and Solidarity
|Minister of Finance
| 2021
| Gavrilița<br /><small>PAS</small>
|
|-
| 16
| 80px
| Dorin Recean<br />
| 16 February 2023
| 1 November 2025
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Independent
|Minister of Internal Affairs
| —
| Recean<br /><small>PAS</small>
|
|-
| 17
| frameless|99x99px
| Alexandru Munteanu<br />
| 1 November 2025
| Incumbent
| <small></small>
! style="background: ;"|
| Independent
|—
| 2025
| Munteanu<br /><small>PAS</small>
|
|}
Timeline
See also
- Cabinet of Moldova
- President of Moldova