Constituency No. 50: a number of 83 polling places were opened Westwards Moldova in 23 states, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Switzerland, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the UK, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Hungary. The Moldovans there will vote at polling places No. 50/1 to 50/83. The candidate who wins the largest number of votes in a single-member constituency, regardless of the voter turnout, becomes the winner.

The Democratic Party’s candidate Olga Coptu tops the list of candidates on the ballot. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the State University of Moldova and the Sapienza Universita di Roma and then studied for her master’s degree in public administration. Olga Coptu lived for eight years in Italy, where she carried out activities to support and promote those who left Moldova. Five years ago, she returned to Moldova and held different public posts, including that of manager of the Bureau for Diaspora Relations. For the last two years, the candidate declared over 235,000 lei revenues. She owns an apartment and a car.

Independent candidate Valentina Geamănă, who heads the public association “Prezicere Divina” (“Divine Prediction”), is under No. 2. She emigrated to Italy about 20 years ago and during ten years attracted funds for 20 projects that were implemented in Moldova. For the last two years, the candidate declared over 165,000 lei salary. She owns two lots of land and a car.

Independent candidate Gheorghe Bobeică, a journalist by profession, is under No.3. He is a freelancer and did not declare revenues for 2017 – 2018. He owns eight pieces of farmland and an apartment.

The candidate of the electoral bloc ACUM DA PAS, the leader of the Party “Action and Solidarity” Maia Sandu, an economist by profession, takes the third spot. The candidate worked as an adviser at the World Bank Board Of Executive Director and as an economist at the WB Office in Moldova. In 2012-2015, she served as minister of education. In the presidential elections of 2016, she qualified for the runoffs together with the current President. For the last two years, the candidate declared 500 Romanian lei earned from teaching, scientific and creation activities and US$ 500 interest on bank deposits. Maia Sandu owns an apartment and a car.

The Shor Party’s candidate Tatiana Platon is under No. 5. For the last two years, the candidate and her husband declared over €98,000. The candidate owns a car.

The Party of Socialists’ candidate Vadim Rotari, an account manager in Germany, comes sixth. For the last two years, the candidate declared over €76,000 and 13,000 lei salary. He obtained over 28,000 lei from leasing out apartments. Vadim Rotari owns an orchard, three apartments, a seasonal house and a car.

Independent candidate Leonard Macari, assembler at Orsato SAS in Italy, is under No. 7. For 2017 - 2018, the candidate declared over 74,000 lei salary. He owns a lot of land, two houses and a car.

The eighth spot on the ballot is taken by the National Liberal Party’s candidate Gheorghe Furdui, a lawyer by profession. He worked at a number of state institutions, including the Ministry of the Interior, the Prosecutor’s Office and the State Guard and Protection Service. He also served at Moldova’s Embassy in Paris. Since 2009, he has worked as a lawyer. He is the president of the Paris-based association “Alliance pour l’aide à la Bessarabie”. For the last two years, the candidate declared his wife’s revenues of €84,000 and his pension revenues of 194,000 lei. The family owns two lots of land, an apartment, a house and a car.

Independent candidate Oleg Brega, civic activist, is under No. 9. In 2003-2006, he managed the NGO Hyde Park that promotes the freedom of speech and other human rights. He represented Hyde Park on the National NGO Council and the Nondiscrimination Coalition in Chisinau. Since 2009, he has administered the project Curaj.TV.  For the last two years, the candidate declared over 1,000 Romanian lei and more than €2,000 revenues. He was also donated over €1,000 and 1,000 Romanian lei. Oleg Brega also declared almost 14,000 lei and 248 Romanian lei earned from other sources. He owns a bicycle.

The tenth spot on the ballot is occupied by independent candidate Leonid Falcaș, who works at Burger&Lobster. For the last two years, the candidate declared over €84,000 revenues. He owns a car.

The eleventh spot is taken by the Ecologist Green Party’s candidate Natalia Yatsko, a politologist by profession. For the last two years, the candidate and her husband declared €79,000. She owns three apartments, a car and other property.

Independent candidate Stela Stîngaci comes 12. She is Moldova’s ex-ambassador to Italy and to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and also ex-Moldova’s permanent representative to FAO. For the last two years, the candidate and her husband declared over 946,000 lei salary revenues, 860,000 lei from the sale of an apartment and €51,000 lei from other sources. The candidate owns a lot of farmland, an apartment and two cars.

The Liberal Party’s candidate Vasile Calmațui, director at the Paris-based company Wexim, comes 13th. For the last two years, the candidate declared over 30,000 lei revenues. He owns a building lot, four pieces of farmland, a garden, two apartments, a house and two commercial areas.
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The IPN division “Know candidates in your constituency!” presents the candidates who compete in each single-member constituency in the order in which they were written on the ballot.