Prime Minister Pavel Filip appointed today Lilia Palii as Secretary General of the Government.

Lilia Palii is senior adviser to the prime minister and secretary of state at the Ministry of Economy. During appointment as secretary to the Government it will be suspended from the position he held at the Ministry of Economy.

"The following period is more important than ever. This is the time where reforms need to be implemented, but as we planned start the Chancellery reform. I want to overcome resistance of the system as to have a well organized Chancellery. To get rid of functions that were not of the Chancellery" , said Prime Minister Pavel Filip.

Tudor Copaci was dismissed as Secretary of the Government at the Government meeting. He was appointed in January 2016.

Tudor Copaci has held several public positions, including Deputy Minister of Economy and Director General of the Public Property Agency.

"I want to thank very much the State Chancellery in a very tense politically time, when we had to stabilize Moldova and I want to assure you that we will succeed" , said Pavel Filip.