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Iacov Timciuc
Minister of Local Public Administration
In office 10 June 2009 – 25 September 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Preceded by	Valentin Guznac
Moldovan Ambassador to China and South Korea
In office 19 May 2006 – 10 June 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Victor Borșevici
Succeeded by	Anatolie Urecheanu
Minister of Energy
In office 8 August 2001 – 19 April 2005
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Ion Leșanu
Succeeded by	Victor Parlicov (2023)
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 22 March 1998 – 8 August 2001
Succeeded by	Dumitru Carapirea
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 Zarojeni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Other political affiliations	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

Iacov Timciuc (born 9 February 1954) is a Moldovan politician.

Biography

Iacob Timciuc served as minister of energy (2001–2005), before moving to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and serving as Moldovan Ambassador to China (2006) and then ambassador to Korea (2007). He was appointed as Moldovan minister of local public administration in a Cabinet reshuffle on 10 June 2009.

He was a member of the PCRM, the new Communist Party. Iacob Timciuc declared on 17 March 2010 after the plenary session that he quits the Communists' Party, as "it has adopted an anti-national attitude, ignoring the party's general opinion.