President of Moldova

President of Moldova Preşedintele Republicii Moldova
Official seal of the Republic of Moldova
Incumbent Mihai Ghimpu (Acting) since September 11, 2009
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Presidential palace Condriţa
Appointer	Parliament of Moldova
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Mircea Snegur
Formation	September 3, 1990
Website	www.presedinte.md

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The President of the Republic of Moldova is the head of state of Moldova.

Description of the post

According to the Article 77 of the Constitution of Moldova (1994), the President of Moldova is the head of the State and represents the State and is the guarantor of national sovereignty, independence, of the unity and territorial integrity of the nation. The President is indirectly elected by the Parliament of Moldova to a four-year term. Presidents are limited to two terms.

The acting President of Moldova is a person who fulfills the duties of president when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur.

Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917-1918)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Party
	Ion Inculeţ	December 15 [O.S. December 2] 1917	April 9 [O.S. March 27] 1918	Socialist Revolutionary Party

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Fyodor Grigorievich Brovko (28 June 1940 - 29 March 1951)
• Ivan Sergeyevich Koditsa (29 March 1951 - 5 April 1963)
• Kirill Fyodorovich Ilyashenko (5 April 1963 - 10 April 1980)
• Ivan Călin (10 April 1980 - 24 December 1985)
• Aleksandr Alekandrovich Mokanu (24 December 1985 - 12 July 1989)
• Ivan Ceban (12 July 1989 - 29 July 1989)
• Mircea Ion Snegur (29 July 1989 - 27 April 1990)

First Secretaries of the Moldavian Communist Party

• Piotr Borodin (2 August 1940 - 11 February 1942) (in exile in Russian SFSR from 1941)
• Nikita Salogor (13 February 1942 - 5 January 1946) (in exile in Russian SFSR until 1944) (acting)
• Nicolae Coval (5 January 1946 - July 1950)
• Leonid Ilich Brezhnev (26 July 1950 - 25 October 1952)
• Dimitri Gladki (25 October 1952 - 8 February 1954)
• Zinovie Serdiuk (8 February 1954 - 29 May 1961)
• Ivan Bodiul (29 May 1961 - 22 December 1980)
• Semion Grossu (22 December 1980 - 16 December 1989)
• Petru Lucinschi (16 November 1989 - 5 February 1991)
• Grigore Eremei (5 February - August 1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

Republic of Moldova (1991-Present)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Party
	Mircea Snegur	3 September 1990	15 January 1997	Non-party
	Petru Lucinschi	15 January 1997	7 April 2001	Agrarian Party of Moldova
	Vladimir Voronin	7 April 2001	11 September 2009	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)	11 September 2009		Liberal Party of Moldova (Alliance for European Integration)

See also

• Acting President of Moldova
• Prime Minister of Moldova

External links

• [1] - official Moldovan president web page

v • d • e Leaders of Moldova Moldavian SSR First Secretaries Piotr Borodin • Nikita Salogor (acting) • Nicolae Coval • Leonid Brezhnev • Dimitri Gladki • Zinovie Serdiuk • Ivan Bodiul • Semion Grossu • Petru Lucinschi • Grigore Eremei Moldova Presidents Mircea Snegur • Petru Lucinschi • Vladimir Voronin • Mihai Ghimpu (acting)