Ion Văluță
# Ion Văluță

Ion Văluţă (1 May 1894, Obreja Veche - 1981, Bucharest) was a Bessarabian politician.

## Biography

He served as Member of the Moldovan Parliament (1917–1918).

## Education

He graduated from High School Number 1 B.P. Hasdeu from Chișinău. He studied law at the Universities of Petrograd and Odessa. During the interwar period he was 5 times a member of Parliament representing the Brătianu National Liberal Party.

## Political activity

He organized the student society "Renaissance" in Balti, Bolhrad and Chișinău. He contributed to the introduction of Romanian language courses and the history of Romanians at the University of Odessa.

He was a member of the Country Council delegated by the National Committee of Officers, Soldiers and Students of Odessa. On 27 March 1918 he voted for the Union of Bessarabia with the Motherland. He has been a parliamentarian five times. In 1923 he was director of Industry and Commerce in Bessarabia. He was sent on a special mission by the Vaida government to Warsaw. He was several times a member of the Agricultural Chambers, of the County and Communal Council of Chisinau.

He was three times president of the Chisinau Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In this capacity he created the federation of all the Chambers of Commerce of Bessarabia and was elected its president.

He was vice-president of the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Romania, working for the restoration of Bessarabian trade and agriculture. He pointed out the shortcomings of the Bessarabian media. He managed to merge all credit unions in Bessarabia, creating a single credit institution for Bessarabian farmers.

## Publishing activity

He published the magazine "Economic Bessarabia".

## Gallery

* Moldovan stamp, 1998
