Larisa Miculeț is a lawyer and Moldovan government official, currently holding the position of the Chargé d’Affairs of the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to Ireland. Previously, Mrs. Miculet held the position of Ambassador at Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration being in charge of Multilateral diplomacy, and concurrently serving as the Head of National delegation to IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance).
From 2012 to 2016, Ambassador Miculet served as Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations. Formerly, for two years, she was the Head of Personnel, Legislation and Litigation Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova. From January 17, 2006, until December 1, 2009, she served as the third Moldovan Ambassador to the State of Israel based in Tel Aviv and was also accredited from May 18, 2007, as the Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus.
Education
Larisa Miculeț holds a degree in law with highest honors from the State University of Moldova which she graduated in 1979. As a senior professional she was the beneficiary of two US Government Educational Programs. In 2000, she was a fellow at the American University, Washington DC, US, under IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board). In 2003–2004, Larisa Miculet was a Fulbright Scholar-in-residence at the American University within the School of International Service and within the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) in Washington DC. There, she conducted the research “Comparative analysis of the USA and Moldova legislation on fighting financial-economic crime” and thereafter published a book based on that study.
Larisa Miculeț also participated in other professional training courses in the United States and several other European countries. In December 2011, she completed a 10-week Executive Program in Advanced Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The goal of the program is to provide government officials and military officers with advanced training in global security policy, defense affairs, international relations and other related topics.
In 2018, Larisa Miculeț attended the Annual Senior Officers Seminar "Geopolitical Challenges in the 21st Century" at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Geneva, Switzerland.
Career
Foreign Service
Larisa Miculeț was nominated by the President of the Republic of Moldova as Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Israel on December 21, 2005 and was also accredited from May 18, 2007, to the Republic of Cyprus. She was the first woman to be appointed as ambassador of Moldova to Israel. Ambassador Miculet arrived in Israel on January 17, 2006, and officially assumed her post after presenting the Letters of Credence to the President of Israel Moshe Katsav on March 22, 2006. "I am not a feminist because I never felt any discrimination as a woman," says Miculeț. "But I had to work harder than a man to achieve my aims and prove that I'm good at what I'm doing."
Although this was her first diplomatic assignment, she has previously represented the Government while performing a series of tasks related to international affairs within the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and the Council of Europe. In the period from 2001 to 2005, she acted as Moldova's Government High Level Representative to the Stability Pact Organized Crime Initiative where she launched many initiatives on regional level. She also served for many years as Moldova's national expert to various committees within the Council of Europe that dealt with international judicial cooperation, white collar crime and human trafficking, as well as advised different projects that were launched in Moldova by the Council of Europe, Stability Pact and USA Department of Justice.