Moldova is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head

of government. It is a member state of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade
Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the GUAM
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and aspires to join
the European Union.[13][14]