Supreme Security Council of Moldova

Supreme Security Council of Moldova

Consiliul Suprem de Securitate al Republicii Moldova
Seal of the SSC
Agency overview
Formed	31 October 1995; 29 years ago (1995-10-31)
Jurisdiction	Moldova
Headquarters	Presidential Palace, Chișinău
Agency executives	Maia Sandu, President Stanislav Secrieru, Secretary
Website	presedinte.md/eng/cadrul-normativ

The Supreme Security Council (SSC) (Romanian: Consiliul Suprem de Securitate, CSS) is an advisory body to the President of Moldova (concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Moldovan Armed Forces) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions.^[1][2] Its authority is vested in the Constitution of Moldova. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Permanent members of the council since October 2009^[3] have included the following:^[4][5]

• Maia Sandu – President of the SSC; President of Moldova
• Stanislav Secrieru – Secretary of the SSC; Defense and National Security Advisor to the President
• Igor Grosu – President of the Moldovan Parliament
• Dorin Recean – Prime Minister of Moldova; Minister of Energy
• Lilian Carp – Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defense and Public Order
• Anatolie Nosatîi – Minister of Defense
• Daniella Misail-Nichitin – Minister of Internal Affairs
• Alexandru Musteață – Director of the Security and Intelligence Service
• Ion Munteanu – Prosecutor General of Moldova
• Anca Dragu – Governor of the National Bank of Moldova
• Dumitru Alaiba – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization
• Mihai Popșoi – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Vladimir Bolea – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development
• Oleg Serebrian – Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration
• Cristina Gherasimov – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration
• Veronica Mihailov-Moraru – Minister of Justice
• Ala Nemerenco – Minister of Health
• Veronica Roșca – Chair of the Parliamentary Judicial Committee for Appointments and Immunities
• Adrian Băluțel – Chief of Staff to the President
• Olga Roșca – Foreign Policy and European Affairs Advisor to the President
• Igor Zaharov – Press Secretary and Public Communication Advisor to the President
• Vladimir Munteanu – First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Moldova
• Serghei Diaconu – Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Foreign Cooperation Advisor
• Ana Revenco – Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation
• Iulian Groza

Whenever the new composition of the CSS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend.^[6] The composition was most recently changed in June 2019 by President Igor Dodon following the constitutional crisis that occurred.^[7]

In wartime, the CSS is renamed to the Supreme Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in their position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.^[8]

• Government of Moldova
• Supreme Council of National Defence (Romania)
• National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
• Security Council of Russia