Andrei Popov (politician)

Andrei Popov (born 24 January 1973) is a Moldovan diplomat, journalist and civic activist. He is the current Moldovan Ambassador to Greece and Cyprus.

Andrei Popov
Popov in 2011
Moldovan Ambassador to Greece and Cyprus
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2022
President	Maia Sandu
Prime Minister	Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean
Preceded by	Anatolie Vangheli
Moldovan Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia
In office 7 August 2013 – 15 March 2016
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman (acting) Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting) Pavel Filip
Preceded by	Valeriu Chiveri
Succeeded by	Victor Osipov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 20 November 2009 – 7 August 2013
President	Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Vladimir Filat (acting) Marian Lupu (acting) Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vladimir Filat Iurie Leancă
Minister	Iurie Leancă Natalia Gherman
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 29 July 2009 – 29 December 2009
Succeeded by	Oleg Sîrbu
Parliamentary group	Democratic Party
Personal details
Born	(1973-01-24) January 24, 1973 Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Children	3
Parent	Mihai Popov
Alma mater	University of Bucharest National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Biography

Andrei Popov is a Moldovan career diplomat, political analyst and journalist, President of the Moldovan Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS). He is the author of the weekly TV programme "Popular Diplomacy” and co-host of the weekly political talk-show „Botan+Popov”, both on independent TV8 channel.

He is the former Member of the Parliament (2009), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (2009-2013) and Ambassador of Moldova to Austria, Slovakia, OSCE and International organisations in Vienna (2013-2016). In the later capacity, in April–August 2014, he served as the Chairperson of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). In 2016, in the middle of his ambassadorial mandate, he resigned from the diplomatic service in sign of disagreement with the policies of the ruling Democratic Party's leadership.

In 2004–2009, Popov was the executive director of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (APE) and founder of the Transnistrian Dialogues program. From 1997 to 2004, he served in different capacities in Moldovan diplomatic service: first in the Embassy of Moldova in Washington (1997-2001) as Second/First Secretary, then in the Foreign Ministry's General International Security Department (2001-2004) as its Deputy Director/Director.

He started his career in 1996 as Press and Information officer at the United Nations Development Program in Moldova.

Education and awards

Popov studied at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (2002-2003), Faculty of International Relations of the Bucharest National School of Political and Administrative Studies (1994-1996) and Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies of the Bucharest University (1990-1994).

In 2014 Popov was awarded the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He is the Cavalier of the Order of the Officer's Cross of Merit of Hungary (2013), chairman of the Alumni association of the European Institute of Political Studies of Moldova (IESPM), Board member of the Association for Participative Democracy (ADEPT), alumni in the Young Munich Leaders Program (2011) and the graduate of the UK John Smith Fellowship Program (2009).

External links

• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
• Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova
• Partidul Democrat din Moldova Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
• https://www.ipis.md/en/
• http://tv8.md/tv8-show-category/botanpopov/ Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0ZcCJYBI0&list=PL9uZo1mBZWs0Ld9x3Rib1KeqfTwxoVE8J