Ion Ciubuc
Ciubuc in 1998
3rd Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 24 January 1997 – 1 February 1999
President	Petru Lucinschi
Deputy	See list Valeriu Bulgari Ion Guțu Ion Sturza Valentin Dolganiuc Oleg Stratulat Nicolae Andronic
Preceded by	Andrei Sangheli
Succeeded by	Ion Sturza
1st President of the Court of Accounts
In office 27 December 1994 – 6 March 1997
Succeeded by	Vasile Cozma
First Deputy Minister of Economy
In office April 1994 – 27 December 1994
President	Mircea Snegur
Prime Minister	Andrei Sangheli
Minister	Valeriu Bobuțac
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office September 1992 – April 1994
President	Mircea Snegur
Prime Minister	Andrei Sangheli
Minister	Nicolae Țâu
First Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 28 May 1991 – 1 July 1992 Serving with Andrei Sangheli Constantin Oboroc
President	Mircea Snegur
Prime Minister	Valeriu Muravschi
Succeeded by	Nicolae Andronati
Personal details
Born	(1943-05-29)29 May 1943 Hădărăuți, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania (present-day Moldova)
Died	29 January 2018(2018-01-29) (aged 74) Chișinău, Moldova
Resting place	Chișinău Central Cemetery
Political party	Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
Alma mater	Odesa State Agrarian University

Ion Ciubuc (pronunciation: [iˈon tʃjuˈbuk]; 29 May 1943 – 29 January 2018) was a Moldovan economist and politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova from January 1997 to February 1999.^[1]

Ion Ciubuc was born on 29 May 1943 in the village of Hădărăuți, at the time in Hotin County, today in Ocnița District. He graduated from the Agricultural Institute in Odessa in 1970, obtaining the qualification of a specialist in the agrarian economy. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in economics.

He initially worked as an economist at the "1 Mai" kolkhoz in the village of Hădărăuți (1960–1963), after which he satisfied his compulsory military service in the Soviet Army (1963–1966). Returned to Moldavian SSR, he is appointed chief economist and president of the kolkhoz in the villages of Hădărăuți and Trebisăuți (1966–1973), then chairman of the Kolkhoz Council of the Briceni district (1973–1975).

He is sent to a political training course, organized by the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, after which he becomes an instructor of PCM in the city of Chisinau (1975–1976). He was then transferred to Moscow as an auditor at the Academy of Sciences of the CC of the PCU (1976–1978). He returned to Moldavian SSR, being appointed as first secretary of the Vulcănești District Committee, of the Communist Party of the Moldavian SSR(1978–1984).

He worked between 1960 and 1984 in various positions in several economic units and state institutions. Between 1984 and 1986 he was First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee (Gosplan) of Moldavian SSR. Then, from 1986 to 1989, he worked as head of the Agricultural Research Department from the Institute of Scientific Research in the field of Agriculture in Moldavian SSR. Until 1990, he held the position of vice-president of agro-industrial complex of Moldavian SSR.

He died in 2018, aged 74.^[2]