H.E. Mr. Iurie Leancă started his career in 1986 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1993-1997 he served as Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Moldova to the USA and later as Ambassador on Special Mission of European Integration. In 1999 he became First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the position that he held until 2001 when he became Vice-Chairman of ASCOM Company. In 2005-2007 he worked as Senior Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. In the meantime, he was Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Policy Association until 2009 when he became member of the parliament and later, in September of the same year, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova.