 On February 26, 2013 Octavian Țîcu assumed office of Ministry of Youth and Sport of Republic of Moldova.He was elected member of Parliament of Moldova in the 2019 parliamentary election running as independent within the ACUM Electoral Bloc.On September 17, 2019, he left Bloc ACUM invoking the continuation of alliance with pro-Russian Socialist Party, considered „a political mistake”, and run as independent candidate for Mayor of Chișinău City, capital of Republic of Moldova (the 4th place with 5 % of votes).