| Nicolae Osmochescu | |
| Term End: | February 1995 |
| Office2: | Judge of the Constitutional Court of Moldova |
| Term Start2: | February 1995 |
| Term End2: | February 1998 |
| Office3: | Moldovan Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan |
| Primeminister3: | Ion Ciubuc Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș |
| President3: | Petru Lucinschi |
| Term Start3: | 27 February 1998 |
| Term End3: | 30 March 2001 |
| Predecessor3: | Nicolae Dudău |
| Successor3: | Efim Chilari |
| Birth Date: | November 12, 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Bozovici, Caraș-Severin, Kingdom of Romania |
| Alma Mater: | Moldova State University and "M. V. Lomonosov" Moscow State University |
| Profession: | Legal scholar, professor |
| Honorific Suffix: | OR |
Nicolae Osmochescu (born 12 November 1944) is a legal scholar of the Republic of Moldova, professor of international law at Moldova State University, former judge and politician.
Nicolae Osmochescu was born on November 12, 1944 in Şumița, Bozovici commune, in the Romanian part of the historical Banat region.[1]
Between 1968-1973, he studied at the Moldova State University's[1] Department of International Law and Law of Foreign Economic Relations.[2] In the years 1974-1977 he was a doctoral student at the "M. V. Lomonosov" Moscow State University's Faculty of Law, graduating as Dr. jur. in international law.[1]
From 1973 to 1990 he rose through the academic and administrative ranks from university lecturer to head of department at the State University of Moldova's Faculty of Law.[1]
Osmochescu was head of the working group which drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.[1]
He obtained a PhD in Law while serving as the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Moldova in the First and Second Ciubuc Cabinets.[3] He was Prime-Deputy Minister for the Exterior in 1990-1992 and 1994-1995.[1] In 1993-1994 he worked as counselor to the President of Moldova.[1] On 22 February 1995, Osmochescu was designated judge of the Constitutional Court, a position he resigned on 25 September 1998.[1]
In the early 21st century, Osmochescu served as Moldova's Ambassador in Tashkent, Bishkek and Dushanbe. He is a former Judge of the Constitutional Court of Moldova.[3]
Osmochescu authored the monographs "International Law in the Constitutions of modern states", "Referendum - as a way of direct expression of the people's will", "Protocol and diplomatic etiquette".[1]