Valeriu Ghileţchi
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Valeriu Ghileţchi is a Moldova
n politician.
. Valeriu Ghileţchi was the vice-president of the European Baptist Federation
from 2007 to 2009 and has been the president since 2009.
He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since April 2009.
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
n politician.
Biography
Working originally as an engineer, Ghileţchi was ordained pastor in 1996 following a programme of theological studies. He served for two periods as Bishop of the Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of MoldovaUnion of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova
The Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova is a national fellowships of Baptist Christians in Moldova.The first known Baptists in the region were nine people baptized by German Baptists in Turtinon in 1876. The first Russian congregation began in Kishinev in 1908. German...
. Valeriu Ghileţchi was the vice-president of the European Baptist Federation
European Baptist Federation
The European Baptist Federation is a federation of 51 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The EBF was founded in Ruschlikon, Switzerland, in 1949. It lays a great deal of emphasis on human rights, religious liberty and aid programs. The...
from 2007 to 2009 and has been the president since 2009.
He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since April 2009.