Viorel Cibotaru (born April 19, 1958 in Chi?inau) is a Moldovan politician, former political analyst and journalist, who served as the Minister of Defense of Moldova between February 18, 2015 and July 30, 2015.
Since June 18, 2016 Cibotaru is chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.
Cibotaru has authored four books.