Vasile Ursu (born 1 August 1948) is a Moldovan engineer and politician,[1][2] MP at the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in 1990-1994, acting interim general mayor of Chișinău in 2005-2007 and minister of transport and road management for 2007-2008.

Vasile Ursu was born on 1 August 1948 in the Ratuș village of Criuleni District, in the large family of a ploughman.

Returning to the Republic of Moldova, he was appointed the head of the Executive Committee of the Ciocana Soviet district (1986-1991).

Vasile Ursu was an independent candidate in the elections of 27 November and 11 December 2005, being supported by the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova[4] for the position of the general mayor of Chișinău municipality, but although he got 46.66% of the votes, respectively 52.91%, the election was invalidated due to the low attendance at the polls (22.62% of the voters voted).

In this situation, the decision was made to establish a moratorium on the organization of new elections, and the capital's management being provided by the interim mayor by the beginning of 2007.

On 23 January 2007 the President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, signed the decrees of revocation of Miron Gagauz from the position of Minister of Transport and Road Management, according to the request submitted, and to appoint Vasile Ursu for this position, who was at that time the acting general mayor of Chișinău municipality.

Following a government decision, the Ministry of Transport and Road Management was dissolved and Vasile Ursu resigned from the office on 24 September 2008.