Nicolae Osmochescu (born 12 November 1944) is a legal scholar of the Republic of Moldova, professor of international law at Moldova State University, former Constitutional Court judge and politician.
Nicolae Osmochescu was born on November 12, 1944, in à ÂumiÃÂa, Bozovici commune, in the Romanian part of the historical Banat region.
Between 1968 and 1973, he studied at the Moldova State University's Department of International Law and Law of Foreign Economic Relations. In the years 1974âÂÂ1977 he was a doctoral student at the "M. V. Lomonosov" Moscow State University's Faculty of Law, graduating as Dr. jur. in international law.
From 1973 to 1990 he rose through the academic and administrative ranks from university lecturer to head of department at the State University of Moldova's Faculty of Law.
Osmochescu was head of the working group which drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.
He obtained a PhD in Law while serving as the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Moldova in two cabinets - the First and Second Ciubuc Cabinets. He was Prime-Deputy Minister for the Exterior in 1990âÂÂ1992 and 1994âÂÂ1995. In 1993âÂÂ1994 he worked as counselor to the President of Moldova, a position held at the time by Mircea Snegur. On 22 February 1995, Osmochescu was designated judge of the Constitutional Court, a position he resigned on 25 September 1998.
In the early 21st century, Osmochescu served as Moldova's Ambassador in Tashkent, Bishkek and Dushanbe.
Osmochescu authored the monographs "International Law in the Constitutions of modern states", "Referendum â as a way of direct expression of the people's will", and "Protocol and diplomatic etiquette".