Vladimir Voronin
Vladimir Voronin | |
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Voronin in 2024 | |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2021 | |
| Parliamentary group | Bloc of Communists and Socialists |
| In office 22 April 2009 – 9 March 2019 | |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Communists |
| In office 17 March 2005 – 8 April 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Alexandru Jdanov |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Communists |
| In office 9 April 1998 – 18 April 2001 | |
| Succeeded by | Valeriu Burca |
| Parliamentary group | Party 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 Minister | Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Preceded by | Petru Lucinschi |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Ghimpu (acting) |
| President of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 12 May 2009 – 14 August 2009 | |
| President | Himself |
| Prime Minister | Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Deputy | Vladimir Țurcan Grigore Petrenco |
| Preceded by | Marian Lupu |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Ghimpu |
| Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR | |
| In office 17 February 1989 – 24 May 1990 | |
| Premier | Ivan Calin Petru Pascari |
| Preceded by | Gheorghe Lavranciuc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Bujeniță 25 May 1941 Corjova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
| Citizenship | Moldova Russia |
| Political party | Communist Party of Moldova (Before 1991) Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (1993–present) |
| Spouse | Taisia Mihailovna |
| Children | 2, including Oleg Voronin |
| Alma mater | Cooperation College All-Union Institute for Food Industry Academy of Social Sciences Soviet Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Soviet Police |
| Years of service | 1989–1990 |
| Rank | Major general |
Vladimir Voronin (Romanian: [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.