Leancă was deputy prime minister and Foreign and European Integration Minister in Vlad Filat Cabinet.
Famous MGIMO alumni include President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Russia’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Andrei Kozyrev, OSCE Secretary General and foreign minister of Slovakia Ján Kubiš, Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, and CEO of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Felix Vulis, Moldovan Prime minister, Iurie Leanca.