Education
Ștefan Urâtu studied at the Veterinary and Zootechnics College from Carmanova, Grigoriopol rayon (1966–1967). In 1977, he graduated from the State Pedagogical Institute from Tiraspol, the department of physics and mathematics.
human rights activist politician
Ștefan Urâtu studied at the Veterinary and Zootechnics College from Carmanova, Grigoriopol rayon (1966–1967). In 1977, he graduated from the State Pedagogical Institute from Tiraspol, the department of physics and mathematics.
He carried out his compulsory military service in the Soviet army (1969–1972), in Budapest, Hungary. Between 1988–1992, Ștefan Urâtu was pro-dean of the department of physics and mathematics of the Tiraspol State University. He has published over 30 scientific articles in the area of physics of metals and applying the radioactive isotopes.
He was politically detained together with the "Ilașcu Group" between June 2 and August 21, 1992.
In 1990, he founds the first non-governmental association — the Committee for Human Rights from Transnistria in the Tiraspol-based section of the Popular Front. Between 1993–2009, he was the chairman of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova (elected in 1993, 1998, 2006).
Ștefan Urâtu was an adviser of Mihai Ghimpu after February 12, 2010. He was a deputy in the Parliament of Moldova in 2010.
Since 2011, Ștefan Urâtu is Vice-President of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova.
Ștefan Urâtu was a Popular Front of Moldova member of the Republican Council in the Tiraspol section between 1989–1992.