Local public administration is a set of local public authorities created in accordance with the law to protect the general interests of the population of a separate administrative-territorial unit.
Local public administration bodies of the first level are a set of public authorities created and operating on the territory of a village (commune), city (municipality) to protect the interests and solve the problems of local communities;
Local public administration bodies of the second level are a set of public authorities created and operating on the territory of a district, the municipalities of Chisinau and Balti to protect the interests and solve the problems of the population of the corresponding administrative-territorial unit;
Local public administration bodies of a special level – the People's Assembly, the Head and the Executive Committee, established and operating on the territory of the autonomous territorial entity of Gagauzia, which has a special level of government for resolving issues of a political, economic and cultural nature in the interests of the entire population;
Mayor – representative authority of the population of the administrative-territorial unit and the executive authority of the local council, elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret and free vote;
The main Legal basis of the Republic of Moldova
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Law No. 436/2006 on local public administration
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Law No. 435/2006 on administrative decentralization
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Law No. 764/2001 on the administrative-territorial organization of the Republic of Moldova
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Law No. 136/2016 on the status of the Chisinau municipality
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Law No. 436/2003 on the Framework Statute of the Village (Commune), the City (Municipality)
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Law No. 768/2000 on the status of the locally elected official
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Law No. 397/2003 on local public finances
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Law No. 158/2008 on the public office and the status of the civil servant
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Law No. 25/2008 on the Code of Conduct of the Civil Servant
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Law No. 100/2017 on normative acts
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Law No. 239/2008 on transparency in the decision-making process
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Law No. 256/2004 for the approval of the Regulation on the local election card and the Regulation on the local election badge