Mihai Godea
Godea in 2012
Leader of the Democratic Action Party
In office 6 November 2011 – 5 August 2023
Succeeded by	Arina Spătaru (as Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 22 April 2009 – 9 December 2014
Parliamentary group	Liberal Democratic Party
Personal details
Born	(1974-01-25) January 25, 1974 (age 50) Pîrlița, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Democratic Action Party
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (2007-2011) Democratic Party of Moldova (2002-2005) Party of Democratic Forces (2000–2002)
Children	Two children
Alma mater	Moldova State University
Profession	Historian, Lawmaker

Mihai Godea (born 25 January 1974) is a Moldovan politician. He became president of the Democratic Action Party on 6 November 2011.^[1]

After finishing his studies in politics and history, Godea started an activist career in the NGO sector.^[2] In 1999 he was appointed as a program coordinator at “CONTACT” National Assistance and Information Center for NGOs in Moldova.^[3] Later in 2005, he became the Executive Director of the organization.^[4] He engaged in civic activities by being secretary of the Coalition for Rural Economic Development from 2003.^[5]

In the following years he became interested in politics. His first contribution to Moldovan political life was his collaboration with Democratic Party of Moldova in 2002. With Alexandru Tanase and Vladimir Filat he founded the Liberal Democratic Action Party in 2007, becoming its vice-president. From 2009 to 2011 he was a member of the Moldovan Parliament of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures, where he led the PLDM parliamentary fraction.^[6] In 2011, he left the PLDM political party to discourage the return of the Communist Party, running unsuccessfully for mayor of Chișinău, Moldova's capital. Despite losing, he contributed substantially to the victory of Dorin Chirtoaca, another pro-European democrat, against the communist candidate, Igor Dodon.^[7]

On 6 November 2011, Godea, with Viorel Chivriga, Natalia Ciobanu and Corneliu Gurin, founded the Democratic Action Party, led by Godea.^[8]

• Mihai GODEA
• Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova
• Partidul Liberal Democrat din Moldova
• Mihai Godea's personal web page

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Topics	July 2009 election Presidential election, November–December 2009 Constitutional Reform 2010 Constitutional Referendum Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship 2010 parliamentary election 2011–2012 presidential election
Parties	Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) Liberal Party (PL) Democratic Party (PDM) Our Moldova Alliance (AMN; 2009–2010)
First Cabinet	Filat Bodiu Bujor Buliga Catan Cebanu Cosarciuc Focșa Hotineanu Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Negrei Negruță Oleinic Osipov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase
Second Cabinet	Filat Leancă (acting) Șleahtițchi Sandu Buliga Roibu Recean Cebanu Țâcu Bumacov Focșa Usatîi Lazăr Leancă Marinuța Moldovanu Negruță Filip Carpov Răducan A. Șalaru G. Șalaru Tănase Efrim
PLDM MPs	Filat Tănase Godea Palihovici Nagacevschi Țap Vieru Balan Hotineanu Leancă Ghilețchi Șleahtițchi Agache Cimbriciuc Furdui Ioniță Streleț Butmalai Ionaș Ciobanu Olaru
PL MPs	Chirtoacă Ghimpu Șalaru Fusu Cojocaru Arhire Brega Vacarciuc Bodrug Guțu Hadârcă Nemerenco I. Lupu Moldovanu Vieru Apostol
PD MPs	M. Lupu Lazăr Corman Popov Băieșu Diacov Serebrian Stoianoglo Răducan Guma Ghilaș Buliga Jantuan Nantoi Arpentin Stratan Guznac
AMN MPs	Serafim Urechean Veaceslav Untilă Ion Pleșca Leonid Bujor Vasile Balan Iurie Colesnic Veaceslav Platon Valentin Chepteni
Cojocaru Commission	Cojocaru Cașu Musteață Tașcă Bahnaru Beșleagă Chircă Dragnev Eșanu Moșanu Parasca Petrencu Postică Țîcu Varta