Academia Dorin Recean started his career as a lecturer in 1995 at his alma mater, the Academy of Economic Studies, and continued teaching there until 2007. From 2002 to 2010 he also worked in different private companies in various capacities. He also taught at the
Chișinău-based Newport International University from 2000 to 2010. In July 2012, he was appointed as Interior Minister in the Cabinet led by
Vlad Filat, replacing
Alexei Roibu. On 31 May 2013 Recean was reappointed as Interior Minister in the Cabinet led by Prime Minister
Iurie Leancă. Immediately after the November 2014 elections, Recean announced his retirement from politics and that he would pursue a private business career in
Fintech. He promoted IT technologies in the field of mobile
remittances and payments with the aim of broadening the access of migrant workers and their relatives to secure and affordable money transfers and payments. On 7 February 2022 he was appointed by President Maia Sandu as Presidential Advisor on Security Issues and Secretary General of the
Supreme Security Council. On 26 September 2022 Recean said that "Moldova can no longer rely exclusively on foreign policy instruments, one of which is
its neutral status, to ensure state stability," adding that "Moldova must start working on increasing its defence potential... The authorities need to obtain the conscious support of citizens who should understand that it is critical for the state's survival", calling for funds to be allocated to the task.
Premiership in Chișinău, 13 September 2024 In February 2023, Dorin Recean was appointed
Prime Minister of Moldova by President
Maia Sandu, following the resignation of Prime Minister
Natalia Gavrilița. He was sworn in on 16 February 2023. Since being sworn in, Recean has continued to pursue Moldova's accession to the European Union. On 1 March, during the meeting with the
Romanian
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă and
President Klaus Iohannis, both countries pledged to boost economic ties following
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Romania reiterated its support for Moldova's accession to the European Union. On 14 March Recean announced that Moldova had reached an agreement with the
International Monetary Fund on a new $94 million tranche under the existing lending program as part of a larger $800 million fund agreed with the IMF in 2022 to help Moldova deal with the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On 24 March, Moldova and the
European Free Trade Association announced that it had reached an agreement on a comprehensive free trade agreement, after two years of negotiations, allowing Moldova to export goods without paying customs tariffs to the other members. The agreement was signed in
Vaduz, the capital of
Liechstenstein. At the summit in
Switzerland, Recean met with representatives of Liechstenstein, Switzerland,
Iceland, and the representatives of
Google. On 6 April he thanked the
Prime Minister of Poland,
Mateusz Morawiecki, for expressing his government's support for an accelerated pathway for Moldova's accession to the European Union. On 18 May Recean announced at a security conference in
Bucharest that Moldova was no longer using Russian gas or electricity, following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating that "Moldova is integrated in the European energy network both technically and commercially." in Chișinău, 2 April 2025 On 26 June he commented that the aborted
Wagner rebellion in Russia "is a clear indication of the weakness of the Russian leadership and the Russian management of the army" and that "Russia is much weaker than people perceived it to be". He also stated in regards to the
Transnistrian conflict that "first of all Moldova will solve this
Transdniestria issue peacefully". "This is fundamental. The first thing is to
demilitarise the region where
Russian troops are stationed illegally. This will most likely happen when Russians are
pushed out of Ukraine." == Political views ==