Andrian Candu

Education

After Andrian Candu finished his secondary education at school No. 25, currently Lyceum "Onisifor Ghibu", Chişinău, in 1991 he was enrolled at the School of Informatics “Tiberiu Popoviciu” in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 1994 he obtained a Baccalaureate diploma. In the autumn, Candu was admitted to the Faculty of Law of the University "Babeș-Bolyai" from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After four years of study, he was awarded a Bachelor diploma. During September 2007 and June 2008, he studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law (Vienna, Austria), postgraduate International Tax Law Program, where he was awarded a Master's Diploma. In 2001, Andrian Candu participated in the "Human Rights and Programme Implementation" course organized by the Institute of European Law in Birmingham, UK. In the same year, Candu obtained certificate of participation in the seminar "Public administration and individual through the European Convention of Human Rights" held in the UniDem Campus, Venice Commission in Trieste, Italy. A year later, at the University of Western Cape, he was attending the International Academy of Human Rights course, on Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa.

Professional activities

In 1998 he returns to Moldova, where for four years he was principal consultant within the parliamentary Commission for Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova. During that period, he began to teach international law at the Public Administration Academy under the President of the Republic of Moldova. He worked as a lecturer until 2004. In 2002 he became senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers Moldova, where he worked until 2010. He was responsible for managing a wide range of projects in the areas of taxation of individuals and businesses, expatriate tax consultancy, legal advice and other. For a short time in 2010 he served as general manager of Prime Management company, where he was the leader of a team responsible for the management of businesses in different fields and industries including: financial – banking, real estate, media, hospitality and services. At the end of the same year he was elected member of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova and member of the Parliamentary Committee Legal, Appointments and Immunities. In May 2013 he became Vice-President of the Parliament of Republic of Moldova, a position he held until July 2014 when he was appointed by order of the President of Moldova Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy. Half a year later, on January 23, 2015 he was elected President of the Moldovan Parliament with the votes of 59 low-makers.

Other activities

In 2012, the National Political Council of the Democratic Party of Moldova elected Andrian Candu as vice-president of the party, a position he still holds.

Candu was a member of the Moldovan International Law Association and CEO of the Moldovan Business People Association.

Andrian Candu speaks fluent in English and Russian.

Publications

During the period of his professional activities, Andrian Candu has prepared materials for publication and publications including: "The contract of sale – the difference between English and the Romanian law", "European Parliament, organization and activity", "International Commercial Arbitration: the difference between Moldavian, Romanian and Russian", "Commonwealth of Independent States, success or failure?", "Abuses of double taxation treaties", "Evolution of tax treaties – country report, Romania".

Personal life

Andrian Candu was born in November 27, 1975. In 2006, while he was at an event organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers in Budapest, Hungary, he met Zuzana Stastna [ʃcastna], engaged at PwC office in Prague, Czech Republic. Only after almost half a year, Andrian Candu decided to invite the beautiful czech to a dinner. In an interview, Candu told that their relationship has evolved very quickly, although their lives were always on luggage. "I lived in Austria, in Czech Republic, but also in other countries where we went because of my studies. Decision "to be or not to be" came together over two years, when I finished my studies. Since I had to return home, called by obligations I had, I said: "Come with me." And she accepted without conditions. ", told Candu.

Three years later, the young people got married in Chișinău. In 2009, in Andrian and Zuzana Candu family was born first child, Daniel. In late March 2012, the family increased by another member – a girl, the parents called Vera. And in early 2017 on the world came the couple's third child, the second boy in the family, Adam.

Distinctions

In April 2015, by a decree of the former President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti, Andrian Candu was awarded the "Order of Honor". The politician has received this State award for appreciation of the contribution to reforms based on European values and standards, for outstanding achievements in ensuring the negotiation, signing and ratification of the Association Agreement Moldova – European Union , for contribution to visa liberalization with EU Member States and Schengen.

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