Oleg Khorzhan

Oleg Khorzhan
Олег Хоржан
Khorzhan in 2016
Leader of the Transnistrian Communist Party
In office
May 2003 – 19 May 2018[1]
Succeeded byNadezhda Bondarenko (acting)
Member of the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
In office
2010–2018
Personal details
Born(1976-06-30)30 June 1976
Camenca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Died16 July 2023(2023-07-16) (aged 47)
Sucleia, Transnistria (Moldova)
Manner of deathAssassination (stab wounds)
Political partyTransnistrian Communist Party
Children2

Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan (Russian: Олег Олегович Хоржан; Romanian: Oleg Olegovici Horjan; 30 June 1976 – 16 July 2023) was a Transnistrian politician who served as the chairman of the Transnistrian Communist Party and as a member of Transnistria's Supreme Council.

In 2018, he was arrested and imprisoned for allegedly assaulting law enforcement during a political rally. He was released on 6 December 2022 after serving the entirety of his sentence. During his imprisonment, Khorzhan was considered a political prisoner by his supporters and the UCP–CPSU. On 16 July 2023, he was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in his office.

  1. ^ "Исполняющей обязанности Председателя ЦК ПКП назначена Н.А. Бондаренко". www.kp-pmr.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2018.