Parliament approves cabinet, Vlad Filat is Prime Minister

Parliament approved the new cabinet today with the 53 votes belonging to the ruling Alliance for European Integration. Liberal Democratic Party head Vlad Filat will be Prime Minister. Seats have been distributed according to a formula that corresponds roughly with the number of seats each of the four parties making up the coalition gained on July 29, 2009.

Aside from 16 ministers, the cabinet also includes Mihail Formuzal, the Governor of the Gagauz autonomous region in Southern Moldova, and Gheorghe Duca, head of the Science Academy of Moldova.

Both the United States and the European Union congratulated Mr. Filat on his appointment.

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