Andrei Eșanu (born 16 July 1948) is a historian (doctor habilitat in history[1]), writer and researcher from the Republic of Moldova.

[4] Andrei Eșanu was born on July 16, 1948, in the Sculeni village, Ungheni District, Moldavian SSR, USSR).

[6][7] The first scientific problem, to whose solving contributed, is the one related to the history of education, didactic literature and the spread of book science in Moldova of the 15th to 18th century.

He is actively involved in scientific and cultural life, being the president of the theoretical seminar at the Institute of History, State and Law (since 2003), member of the Expert Commission responsible for granting scientific and teaching degrees at the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Moldova.

In 2010, Andrei Eşanu was included in the commission for the study and assessment of the totalitarian communist regime in the Republic of Moldova, following a decree of the President Mihai Ghimpu.