Ilie Vancea
Birth date26 January 1949
Birth placeCîșlița-Prut, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Death date26 March 2021 (aged 72)
Death placeChișinău, Moldova
OfficeMoldovan Ambassador to Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and CIS
Term start16 May 2002[1]
Term end15 March 2005[2]
PredecessorNicolae Dudău
SuccessorIon Filimon
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime ministerVasile Tarlev
Office 2Minister of Education and Science
Term start 222 November 2000
Term end 226 February 2002
President 2Petru Lucinschi
Vladimir Voronin
Prime minister 2Dumitru Braghiș
Vasile Tarlev
Successor 2Gheorghe Sima
Predecessor 2Ion Guțu

Ilie Vancea (26 January 1949 – 26 March 2021) was a Moldovan politician.[3] He served as Minister of Education from 2000 to 2002.[4] He was removed after widespread protests due to his plan to require schoolchildren to learn Russian.[5]

References

  1. ^ "DECRET Nr. 663 din 16-05-2002". www.legis.md. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  2. ^ "DECRET Nr. 2267 din 15-03-2005". www.legis.md. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Fostul ministru al Educației și ambasador al Republicii Moldova în Belarus, Ilie Vancea, a decedat" (in Romanian). UNIMEDIA. 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Ministerul Educației și Cercetării | Guvernul Republicii Moldova". mts.gov.md. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ^ "World Briefing | Europe: Moldova: Education Minister Goes". The New York Times. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2025.