Doctor and health manager. As the first director general of the National Health Insurance Company (2002–2009) he laid the foundations of compulsory health insurance in the Republic of Moldova. Order of the Republic.
Gheorghe Russu was born on 25 October 1938 in the village of Chetriș, Fălești district. He was a respected doctor and manager in the field of health. For many years he headed the Republican Children’s Hospital. In 2002 he was appointed director general of the National Health Insurance Company. From 1 July 2003 he introduced the fundamental principles of compulsory health insurance in the pilot district of Hîncești, and from 1 January 2004 the system was extended across the whole territory of the Republic of Moldova. For his outstanding work he was awarded the Order of the Republic and the Order of „Gloria Muncii”.