The government appointed on Tuesday, 7 March, the deputy Lidia Gutu as Ambassador of Moldova to Romania. Lidia Gutu became independent deputy after leaving, in autumn last year, together with other six parliamntarians lead by Dumitru Braghis, the faction Alliance „Moldova Noastra”. Previously, Lidia Gutu was deputy prime minister on social issues, deputy minister of finance, head of the parliamentary commission for social policy, health and family protection, as well as head of the credit management and project financing department of Unibank. The position was vacant after Victor Zlacevschi, ex- Communist deputy was reappointed in December last year.