Supreme Security Council

The Supreme Security Council (Moldovan: Consiliul Suprem de Securitate, CSS) is an advisory body to the President of Moldova (concurrently the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Moldovan Armed Forces) which aides and assists the President in the implementation of military policy and national security decisions.[1][2] Its authority is vested in the Constitution of Moldova. The President is one of many permanent members of the council and chairs all of its meetings. Other permanent members of the council since October 2009[3] have included the following:[4][5]

• Secretary
• Victor Gaiciuc - Adviser to the President on Defence and National Security
• Zinaida Greceanîi - President of the Moldovan Parliament
• Ion Chicu - Prime Minister of Moldova
• Alexandru Jizdan - Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defence and Public Order
• Pavel Voicu - Minister of Internal Affairs
• Cristina Lesnic - Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration
• Alexandru Pînzari - Minister of Defence
• Fadei Nagacevschi - Minister of Justice
• Alexandru Esaulenco - Director of the Information and Security Service (ISS)
• Alexandru Stoianoglo - Prosecutor General of Moldova
• Octavian Armașu - Head of the National Bank of Moldova
• Irina Vlah - Governor of Gagauzia
• Ruslan Flocea - Director of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC)
• Other advisers to the President

The Presidential Palace is the meeting place of the CSS.

Whenever the new composition of the CSS is officiated, the president signs a decree to appoint them as council members. Other non-permanent members such as parliamentary faction leaders and intellectuals are also invited to attend.[6] The composition was most recently changed in June 2019 by President Igor Dodon following the constitutional crisis that occurred.[7][8]

In wartime, the CSS is renamed to the Supreme Council on Defense, to which the president chairs the council in his position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief.[9]