Ion Ceban
Ion Ceban | |
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Ceban in 2020 | |
| Mayor of Chișinău | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2019 | |
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Andrei Năstase |
| President of the National Alternative Movement | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2022 | |
| Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 8 June 2019 – 13 November 2019 | |
| President | Igor Dodon |
| Prime Minister | Maia Sandu |
| Preceded by | Valeriu Ghilețchi |
| Succeeded by | Vlad Batrîncea |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 9 March 2019 – 14 November 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Mihail Paciu |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Socialists |
| In office 5 June 2011 – 21 July 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Lebedinschi |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Communists Party of Socialists |
| Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council | |
| In office 21 July 2015 – 11 April 2019 | |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Youth | |
| In office 21 November 2007 – 25 April 2008 | |
| President | Vladimir Voronin |
| Prime Minister | Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Minister | Victor Țvircun Larisa Șavga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1980 Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Party of Communists (2004–2012) Party of Socialists (2012–2019) National Alternative Movement (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Alternative (since 2025) |
| Spouse | Tatiana Țaulean |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moldova State University Technical University of Moldova Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration |
Ion Ceban (born 30 June 1980) is a Moldovan politician and merchant and the current mayor of Chișinău, Moldova's capital. He is also the leader of the pro-European National Alternative Movement party (Mișcarea Alternativa Națională or MAN). Ceban was Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova in 2019 and has served as a member of parliament in three legislatures. From 2015 to 2019, he led his party's faction in the Chișinău Municipal Council. He has held different positions at the governmental level, ranging from department head to Deputy Minister.