Moldova’s President Maia Sandu on Saturday nominated investor Vasile Tofan to be the country’s prime minister.
Tofan, 44, supported Sandu in the 2024 presidential election, and her pro-Western PAS party in the 2025 parliamentary election. He is a senior partner at investment firm Horizon Capital.
The previous prime minister Alexandru Munteanu announced his surprise resignation last month saying he could no longer do his job in accordance with his convictions. He did not elaborate.
Tofan said Saturday that he had three main goals: restoring public trust, restoring a sense of optimism to Moldovan businesses, and securing Moldova’s accession to the European Union.
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“The goal of my government is to sign an agreement on Moldova’s accession to the EU by the end of 2028,” he told reporters.
Moldova lies between Ukraine and EU and NATO member Romania. It has a Romanian-speaking majority, of which a million have Romanian citizenship and a large Russian-speaking minority.
It has become a battleground between the West and Russia, especially since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
