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Octavian Armașu

Person of interest · Politician

Octavian Armașu is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Octavian Armașu				[sources]
Birth date	1969-07-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Chișinău · mun. Chișinău,				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Moldova				[sources]
Citizenship	Moldova				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Octavian				[sources]
Last name	Armașu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q29933420				[sources]
Position	Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (2018-2023) · Minister of Finance of Moldova (2016-2018) · politician				[sources]
Education	Technical University of Moldova				[sources]
Source link	profiles.rise.md				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-29	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Moldovan banker and economist (born 1969)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-31

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Pavel Filip Politician	coleg în Guvern	-	-
Alexandru Jizdan Politician	coleg în Guvern

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Finance of Moldova	2016-01-20	2018-11-30

Data sources

RISE Moldova People of interest1,083

People of Interest is an interactive database developed and managed by RISE Moldova. It is a work in progress journalistic project.

Moldova · RISE Moldova · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: mdrisepep-8e3c51a98535f6ba403dc3a908fec40206a93dfe · mdrisepep-8a0530b66a7de04cef773e7f8eeb78a54334aa19

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