Octavian Armasu earned more than 2.5 million lei as Governor of the National Bank (NBM) in 2023.
This income was indicated by the ex-Governor of the NBM in the declaration of assets and personal interests for 2023, submitted when he was dismissed from his position. Apart from his salary, he earned 14.5 thousand euros from the sale of a land plot, and about 0.5 million lei from the lease of agricultural plots of the Agro-SZM company. His wife, who heads the Moldovan representative office of the Bayer company, earned 1.19 million lei last year, as well as 5.8 thousand lei as a fee for training and mentoring services in the Generatia Nika company. The Armasu couple owns a country house (92.7 square meters) bought in 2010 (279 thousand lei), an apartment of 103.9 square meters worth 2.7 million lei (2.01 million lei - market price) and another apartment bought in 2023 for 86.5 thousand euros (48.1 square meters). The family also owns a garage of 21.7 square meters (54.4 thousand lei) and 3 other properties purchased in 2018 (total area - more than 30 square meters, cost - about 0.5 million lei). The family owns 180 agricultural plots. The family also owns a Volvo XC60 car, purchased in 2017 for 44.7 thousand euros. On 16 bank current and deposit accounts of the Armasu family at the time of submission of the declaration there were more than 1.7 million lei, $34 thousand and about 22.4 thousand euros. Cash deposits in maib and OTP Bank in 2023 brought the Armasu family an income of $41.6, 1.6 euros and more than 37.6 thousand lei. Octavian Armasu indicated in his declaration that he is a shareholder in Franzeluta, Banca de Economii and Agro-SZM, while his wife is a co-founder of the Medintel Grup company, which deals with website management, data processing and consulting. Let us remind that, Octavian Armasu was appointed Governor of the National Bank in November 2018 and was dismissed in December 2023. // 17.01.2024 - InfoMarket.
