Valeriu Lazăr
Lazăr in 2015
Minister of Economy
In office 25 September 2009 – 3 July 2014
President	Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Vladimir Filat (acting) Marian Lupu (acting) Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vladimir Filat Iurie Leancă
Preceded by	Igor Dodon
Succeeded by	Andrian Candu
In office 19 April 2005 – 18 September 2006
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Marian Lupu
Succeeded by	Igor Dodon
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 25 September 2009 – 30 May 2013 Serving with Iurie Leancă
President	Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Vladimir Filat (acting) Marian Lupu (acting) Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Vladimir Filat
Succeeded by	Andrian Candu
Deputy Minister of Economy
In office 18 February 2004 – 19 April 2005
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Minister	Marian Lupu
First Deputy Minister of State
In office 22 March 1999 – 27 December 1999
President	Petru Lucinschi
Prime Minister	Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș
Minister	Vladimir Filat
Personal details
Born	(1968-05-20) 20 May 1968 Mingir, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Democratic Party of Moldova
Alma mater	State Agrarian University of Moldova

Valeriu Lazăr (born 20 May 1968) is a Moldovan politician who served as deputy prime minister and minister of economy in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, Second Filat Cabinet and in the Iurie Leancă Cabinet as well. On 2 July 2014 he resigned from the office of minister of economy.^[1]

Lazăr is a member of the Democratic Party of Moldova.^[2]

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