 Between 1990 and 2009 he was a deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.In 2005 his party voted for reelection of the Communist president Vladimir Voronin, and he became the Parliament's vice-president (a post he also held from 1998 to 2001).In June 2009 he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of the Moldovan Government However, he only held that position until September of that year.