Zinaida Greceanîi

Zinaida Greceanîi
Greceanîi in 2014
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Assumed office
29 July 2009
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Party of Socialists
Bloc of Communists and Socialists
President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
8 June 2019  26 July 2021
PresidentIgor Dodon
Maia Sandu
Prime MinisterMaia Sandu
Ion Chicu
Aureliu Ciocoi (acting)
Deputy
Preceded byAndrian Candu
Succeeded byIgor Grosu
President of the Party of Socialists
In office
18 December 2016  30 December 2020
Preceded byIgor Dodon
Succeeded byIgor Dodon
7th Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
31 March 2008  14 September 2009
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Deputy
Preceded byVasile Tarlev
Succeeded byVitalie Pîrlog (acting)
First Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
10 October 2005  31 March 2008
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Preceded byVasile Iovv
Succeeded byIgor Dodon
Minister of Finance
In office
26 February 2002  10 October 2005
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
Preceded byMihail Manoli
Succeeded byMihail Pop
First Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
26 September 2001  26 February 2002
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterVasile Tarlev
MinisterMihail Manoli
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
19 January 2000  26 September 2001
PresidentPetru Lucinschi
Vladimir Voronin
Prime MinisterDumitru Braghiș
Vasile Tarlev
MinisterMihail Manoli
Personal details
Born
Zinaida Bujor

(1956-02-07) 7 February 1956
Metalist, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Citizenship Moldova
Political partyParty of Communists (before 2011)
Party of Socialists (2011–present)
SpouseAlexei Greceanîi
Children2
Alma materMoldova State University

Zinaida Greceanîi (Romanian: [ziˈnaida greˈceanîi]; born 7 February 1956) is a Moldovan politician. She was the President of the Moldovan Parliament between 8 June 2019 to 26 July 2021. Greceanîi was previously also the Prime Minister of Moldova from 31 March 2008 to 14 September 2009. She led the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) from 2016 to 2020 and was previously a member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM). She was Moldova's first female Prime Minister and was the second female Communist head of government in Europe, preceded only by Premier Milka Planinc of former Yugoslavia. She has been referred to by her colleagues in PSRM as the "Moldovan Margaret Thatcher".