Vladimir Voronin

Vladimir Voronin
Voronin in 2024
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Assumed office
23 July 2021
Parliamentary groupBloc of Communists and Socialists
In office
22 April 2009 – 9 March 2019
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
In office
17 March 2005 – 8 April 2005
Succeeded byAlexandru Jdanov
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
In office
9 April 1998 – 18 April 2001
Succeeded byValeriu Burca
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
President of the Party of Communists
Assumed office
24 December 1994
3rd President of Moldova
In office
7 April 2001 – 11 September 2009
Prime MinisterDumitru Braghiș
Vasile Tarlev
Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded byPetru Lucinschi
Succeeded byMihai Ghimpu
President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
12 May 2009 – 14 August 2009
PresidentHimself
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
DeputyVladimir Țurcan
Grigore Petrenco
Preceded byMarian Lupu
Succeeded byMihai Ghimpu
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR
In office
17 February 1989 – 24 May 1990
PremierIvan Calin
Petru Pascari
Preceded byGheorghe Lavranciuc
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Bujeniță

(1941-05-25) 25 May 1941 (age 83)
Corjova, Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of Romania
(now Moldova)
Citizenship Moldova
 Russia[1][2]
Political partyCommunist Party of Moldova (Before 1991)
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (1993–present)
SpouseTaisia Mihailovna
ChildrenOleg
Valentina
Alma materCooperation College
All-Union Institute for Food Industry
Academy of Social Sciences
Soviet Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Vladimir Voronin (pronounced [vladiˈmir voˈronin]; born Vladimir Bujeniță, 25 May 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the leader of the Party of Communists of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He was Europe's first democratically elected communist party head of state after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.

  1. ^ "Dezvaluiri la Chisinau: Voronin are cetatenie rusa" (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Formatiune politica declara ca detine probe potrivit carora Vladimir Voronin detine cetatenia rusa". 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.