1. Personal Information - Name and Surname: ANDRIAN CANDU - Date and Place of Birth: 27 November 1975, Chisinau,

2. Educational Background University studies: September 1994 - June 1998, the “Babes-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca, , Faculty of Law Master’s degree studies: September 2007 - June 2008, the University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Vienna, Other studies: 2001 – the Birmingham Institute of European Law, the United Kingdom of Great Britain 2001 – Unidem Campus, Venice Commission, Trieste, Italy 2002 – the Western Cape University, Robben Island, Cape-Town, South Africa

3. Professional Activity

Since January 2015 - Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova July 2014 - January 2015 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Moldova May 2013 – July 2014 - Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova December 2010 - May 2013 - Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee for appointments and immunities January 2010 - December 2010 - Director General of the Prime Management Company (leader of a team responsible for managing several companies running different kinds of businesses, such as: financial and banking, real estate, media, hotel management and services) 2002 – 2010 - Senior Manager at the PricewaterhouseCoopers Moldova 2000-2004 - Lecturer at the Academy of Public Administration of the President of the Republic of Moldova 2002 – 2003 - CEO of “Isimbardi International” LLC – a Moldovan & Italian joint venture company 2001- 2002 - Lawyer at the “Compudava” LLC, Moldovan& British joint venture company. 1998 - 2002 - Senior Consultant at the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova 1994-1998 - Lawyer at “ARIC” LLC, Romania

Membership within organisations and professional associations: Member of the Moldova Association of International Law Member (formerly Director General) of the Moldova Business People Association

4. Political Activity: 2012 – present - Vice-President of the Democratic Party of Moldova 5. Languages English and Russian