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Academy of Sciences of Moldova

scientific organization of Moldova

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1338761 ↗
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The Academy of Sciences of Moldova (Romanian: Academia de Științe a Moldovei), established in 1961, is the main scientific organization of Moldova and coordinates research in all areas of science and technology. Ion Tighineanu has been the president of the Academy of Sciences since 9 April 2019.

History

As early as June 1946, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences decided to establish the Moldovan Research Base of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Chisinau. In October 1949, the research base was transformed into the Moldavian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The grand opening of the Academy took place on August 2, 1961. A meeting of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova in September 1994 confirms the reasoned scientific opinion of philologists that the correct name of the state language of Moldova is Romanian. Since September 2009, the University at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova has been operating in the country. In October 2017, President Igor Dodon signed a law that provides for the reform of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

Organization and departments

Management

President: Ion Tighineanu

Vice Presidents: Eva Gudumac, Svetlana Cojocaru and Ion Hadârcă.

Chief Scientific Secretary: Liliana Condraticova

Scientific departments:

Biological, chemical and environmental sciences

Medical Sciences

Physical and Engineering Sciences

Economic sciences

Humanities and Arts

Agricultural Sciences

Liberation Monument

On 23 August 1969, during the 25th anniversary of the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, the Liberation Monument at the Academy of Sciences was opened.

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“Academy of Sciences of Moldova” enters the record as scientific organization of Moldova. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Academy, Sciences and Moldova can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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