Mircea Snegur
| Mircea Snegur | |
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| 1st President of the Republic of Moldova | |
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In office 3 September 1990 – 15 January 1997 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mircea Druc Valeriu Muravschi Andrei Sangheli Ion Ciubuc |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Petru Lucinschi |
| 1st Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR | |
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In office 27 April 1990 – 3 September 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as President) |
| 7th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR | |
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In office 29 July 1989 – 27 April 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Ivan Ceban |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
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17 January 1940 Trifăneşti, Romania (now Moldova) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | Natalia Gherman |
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Mircea Ion Snegur (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a iˈon ˈsneɡur]; born 17 January 1940) was the first President of Moldova from 1990–1997. Before that, he served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 1989–1990 (head of state) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 27 April to 3 September 1990. In the Soviet era, he was often known in English as Mircha Ivanovich Snegur, a transliteration from the Russian Мирча Иванович Снегур.
Snegur was born in Trifanesti, in Soroca District. In 1956, he graduated from the high school in Frumușica, Florești District, and went on to study at the Agricultural State University of Moldova, from which he graduated in 1961. He completed a PhD in agricultural sciences at the university's Department of Animal Husbandry in 1972.
As a trained agronomist, Snegur worked as the director of kolkhoz in the village of Lunga, Florești District, from 1961 to 1968. From 1968 to 1973, he was the director of the Experimental Station of Field Cultures, and 1973 to 1978, he was the director of the Main Agricultural Science Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture. From 1978 to 1981, he worked as the general director of the Selectia Research Institute of Field Crops.
Snegur first became a member of the Communist Party of Moldova in 1964. In 1981, he became the Secretary of the Communist Party committee of Yedinetskiy district, serving until 1985. That year, he became Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldavia SSR, serving until 1989. On 29 Jul 1989, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Moldavia, serving in this role until 27 April 1990. On 27 April, he became the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Moldavian SSR, which became the Moldovan SSR on 23 June. On 3 September, he became President of the Moldovan SSR, as a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
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