Natalia Gherman

Natalia Gherman OR
Gherman in 2012
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Central Asia
In office 15 September 2017 – 2 December 2022
Secretary-General	António Guterres
Preceded by	Petko Draganov
Succeeded by	Kaha Imnadze
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 30 May 2013 – 20 January 2016 Serving with Andrian Candu Stéphane Christophe Bridé
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Preceded by	Iurie Leancă
Succeeded by	Andrei Galbur
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 30 May 2013 – 20 January 2016
President	Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega (acting)
Preceded by	Iurie Leancă
Succeeded by	Andrei Galbur
Prime Minister of Moldova
Acting
In office 22 June 2015 – 30 July 2015
President	Nicolae Timofti
Preceded by	Chiril Gaburici
Succeeded by	Valeriu Streleț
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 9 December 2014 – 20 February 2015
Succeeded by	Maria Ciobanu
Parliamentary group	Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 29 June 2009 – 30 May 2013
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting) Vladimir Filat (acting) Marian Lupu (acting) Nicolae Timofti
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting) Vladimir Filat
Minister	Andrei Stratan Iurie Leancă
Moldovan Ambassador to Sweden, Finland and Norway
In office 17 February 2006 – 30 April 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Igor Corman
Succeeded by	Emil Druc
Personal details
Born	Natalia Snegur (1969-03-20) 20 March 1969 (age 55) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
Other political affiliations	Alliance for European Integration (2009–2013) Pro-European Coalition (2013–2015) Political Alliance for a European Moldova (2015) Alliance for European Integration III (2015–present)
Spouse	Artur Gherman
Children	Mircea Gherman
Parent(s)	Mircea Snegur Georgeta Snegur
Alma mater	Moldova State University King's College London

Natalia Gherman (née Snegur; born 20 March 1969) is a Moldovan politician who has been serving as executive director of the United Nations' Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate since 2023.^[1]

Gherman served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova from May 2013 to January 2016. She later served as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Asia (UNRCCA) from 2017 to 2023.^[2]

Born in Chișinău in 1969, Gherman is the daughter of Mircea Snegur, the first President of Moldova. She studied at the Moldova State University and completed postgraduate studies at King's College London. She joined the Moldovan diplomatic service, working in several different places before eventually becoming Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the OSCE from 2002 to 2006, and Ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland from 2006 to 2009.

In 2009, Gherman became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Chief Negotiator on the Moldova–European Union Association Agreement, serving until 2013. In 2013 she became Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova, serving until January 2016. From June to July 2015, following Chiril Gaburici's resignation, she served as the acting Prime Minister of Moldova.

In February 2016, Gherman was nominated as Moldova's candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations in the 2016 selection process for Ban Ki-moon's successor.