Ion Varta (born 12 December 1958, Larga, Briceni) is an academic and politician from the Republic of Moldova.

After graduating in 1982 from Moldova State University with a degree in history, he joined the faculty at Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University.

From 2005 to 2009, Varta served as member of the Parliament of Moldova. He was a member of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova.^[1]

• Biografie
• (in Romanian) Preşedintele interimar al Republicii Moldova Mihai Ghimpu a emis un decret prezidenţial privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea şi aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova.
• Moldovan authorities going to condemn communist regime…
• Hundreds of thousands of cases to be examined by commission for combating Communism Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.privesc.eu/?p=1884 - The first press conference of the commission, Moldpress, January 18, 2010. Video.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100309165120/http://www.timpul.md/article/2010/01/18/5881 - interview with Gheorghe Cojocaru, president of the commission.
• (in Romanian) Un moment istoric: Comisia de studiere a comunismului, Vladimir Tismăneanu
• Website of the Parlamient of Moldova