User:Vasile Bumacov

VASILE BUMACOV Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova

Born on January 1-st, 1957 in the village  Mereseuca, Ocnita raion (SSR of Moldova)

Education: 1995-1997 –Agrarian State University of Moldova, Ph.D in agricultural engineering

1995 – Institute of Mechanization of Thailand, Bangkok, training course in agricultural engineering

1993 – University of California Davis, USA, training course in the field of post-harvest technologies for products with added value

1983-1987 – Chisinau Agricultural Institute, postgraduate studies, Master’s Degree in technical sciences

1974-1979 – Chisinau Agricultural Institute, Diploma in agricultural engineering

Professional experience: 2011 - Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry

2009-2011 - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Deputy Minister

2001-2010 - Project Implementation Unit of Japan's Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers (2KR Project), Technical Director

2000 - United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, Head of Agricultural Department, P4

1998-2001 - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry – Head of Department; First Deputy Minister

1993 - present - State Agrarian University of Moldova, Associate Professor, University Professor

1993 - National University of Colombia, Bogotá, lecturer

1993 - Johnson Farm Machinery, California, USA, agricultural machinery engineering and design

1982-1993 - State Agrarian University of Moldova, Lecturer, Associate Professor 1990 – 1993 - Deputy-Rector

1979-1982 – Agricultural Association “Ghirbova”, Chief Engineer

2002 - member of the „American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers” (ASABE), (USA)

Publications: 56 national and international scientific publications, including 25 inventions in the field of farm machinery and agricultural technologies

Awarded with the Order of Work Merit (Romanian: Ordinul Gloria Muncii) of the Republic of Moldova

Languages: Romanian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), French (intermediate)

Civil status: Married, father of two children