Octavian Țîcu


Octavian Ţîcu is a Moldovan politician, historian and former professional boxer serving as member of Parliament of Moldova since 2019. He was Ministry of Youth and Sport in 2013.

Biography

Octavian Ţîcu is a research coordinator at the Institute of History, Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova and Associate Professor at Moldova State University and Free International University of Moldova. Octavian Ţîcu holds a degree in history from the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania, where he also studied for a Ph.D.. He is author of ten books.
Octavian Ţîcu was a member of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova. Octavian Ţîcu has received numerous awards that allowed him to do research in Romania, Russia, Hungary,France, Switzerland,Lithuania and the United States of America. Presently he is researcher-coordinator at the Institute of History, Academy of Science of Moldova.
On February 26, 2013 Octavian Țîcu assumed office of Ministry of Youth and Sport of Republic of Moldova. He was elected member of Parliament of Moldova in the 2019 parliamentary election running as independent within the ACUM Electoral Bloc.
On September 17, 2019, he left Bloc ACUM invoking the continuation of alliance with pro-Russian Socialist Party, considered „a political mistake”, and run as independent candidate for Mayor of Chișinău City, capital of Republic of Moldova. On December 7, 2019 he was elected the President of the Party of National Unity, which is an unionist, pro-Romanian oriented political party.

Professional boxing career

• Țîcu, O., Homo Moldovanus Sovietic: Teorii și practici de constucție identitară în RSSM, Chișinău.Arc, 2018.
• Dulatbekov, N., Țîcu, O., Miloiu, S., Spassk 99: O istorie a prizonierilor de război români în documente, Bucharest. Eikon, 2016, 598 pp.