Ion Ceban

Ion Ceban
Ceban in 2020
Mayor of Chișinău
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 2019
Deputy	See list Inga Ionesii Victor Chironda Angela Cutasevici Ilie Ceban Olga Ursu Fadei Nagacevschi Irina Gutnic
Preceded by	Andrei Năstase
President of the National Alternative Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2022
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 8 June 2019 – 13 November 2019 Serving with Mihai Popșoi Alexandru Slusari Monica Babuc
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Maia Sandu
Preceded by	Valeriu Ghilețchi
Succeeded by	Vlad Batrîncea
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 9 March 2019 – 14 November 2019
Succeeded by	Mihail Paciu
Parliamentary group	Party of Socialists
In office 5 June 2011 – 21 July 2015
Succeeded by	Adrian Lebedinschi
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists Party of Socialists
Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council
In office 21 July 2015 – 11 April 2019
Deputy Minister of Education and Youth
In office 21 November 2007 – 25 April 2008
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Minister	Victor Țvircun Larisa Șavga
Personal details
Born	(1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 44) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Party of Communists (2004–2012) Party of Socialists (2012–2019) National Alternative Movement (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Alternative (since 2025)
Spouse	Tatiana Țaulean [ro]
Children	2
Alma mater	Moldova State University Technical University of Moldova Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Ion Ceban (born 30 June 1980) is a Moldovan politician and merchant and the current mayor of Chișinău, Moldova's capital. He is also the leader of the pro-European National Alternative Movement party (Mișcarea Alternativa Națională or MAN). Ceban was Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova in 2019 and has served as a member of parliament in three legislatures. From 2015 to 2019, he led his party's faction in the Chișinău Municipal Council. He has held different positions at the governmental level, ranging from department head to Deputy Minister.