(1) The Government shall ensure the implementation of the internal and external policy of the State and exercise the general leadership of the public administration.

(2) In the exercise of its powers, the Government shall be governed by its programme of activity, accepted by Parliament.

The government consists of the Prime Minister, First Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and other members established by organic law.

(1) After consulting the parliamentary factions, the President of the Republic of Moldova nominates a candidate for the position of Prime Minister.

(2) The candidate for the position of Prime Minister shall request, within 15 days from the appointment, the vote of confidence of the Parliament on the activity program and of the entire list of the Government.

(3) The activity program and the list of the Government are debated in the sitting of the Parliament. It gives confidence to the Government with the vote of the majority of the elected deputies

(4) Based on the vote of confidence granted by the Parliament, the President of the Republic of Moldova appoints the Government.

(5) The Government exercises its attributions from the day of taking the oath by its members before the President of the Republic of Moldova.

(6) In case of governmental reshuffle or vacancy of office, the President of the Republic of Moldova revokes and appoints at the proposal of the Prime Minister, some members of the Government.

(1) The position of member of the Government is incompatible with the exercise of any other remunerated function.

(2) Other incompatibilities shall be established by organic law.

The position of member of the Government ceases in case of resignation, revocation, incompatibility or death.

(1) The Prime Minister leads the Government and coordinates the activity of its members, respecting their attributions.

(2) In case of impossibility of the Prime Minister to exercise his attributions or in case of his death, the President of the Republic of Moldova shall appoint another member of the Government as interim Prime Minister until the formation of the new Government. The interim period during the impossibility of exercising the attributions ceases, if the Prime Minister resumes his activity in the Government.

(3) In case of resignation of the Prime Minister, the whole Government resigns.

(1) The Government adopts decisions, ordinances and dispositions.

(2) The decisions are adopted for the organization of the execution of the laws.

(3) The ordinances are issued under the conditions of article 1062.

(4) The decisions and ordinances adopted by the Government shall be signed by the Prime Minister, countersigned by the ministers who have the obligation to implement them and shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova. Non-publication entails the non-existence of the decision or ordinance.

(5) The dispositions are issued by the Prime Minister for the organization of the internal activity of the Government.

(1) The government shall exercise its mandate until the date of validation of the elections for a new Parliament.

(2) The Government in the event of a vote of no confidence by the Parliament, the resignation of the Prime Minister or in the case of paragraph 1, performs only the functions of administration of public affairs, until the swearing-in by the members of the new Government.