Parliament of Transnistria
| Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Советул Супрем ал Републичий Молдовенешть Нистрене Верховный Совет Приднестровской Молдавской Республики Верховна Рада Придністровської Молдавської Республіки |
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Chairman
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Alexander Shcherba
Since 14 December 2016 |
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| Seats | 43 |
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Political groups
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Independents (9) |
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Last election
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29 November 2015 |
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| Tiraspol | |
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| http://www.vspmr.org/?Lang=Eng | |
The Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Moldovan: Советул Супрем ал Републичий Молдовенешть Нистрене,Sovietul Suprem al Republicii Moldovenești Nistrene, Russian: Верховный Совет Приднестровской Молдавской Республики,Verkhovny Sovet Pridnestrovskoy Moldavskoy Respubliki, Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Придністровської Молдавської Республіки,Verkhovna Rada Prydnistrovskoyi Moldavskoyi Respubliky) is the parliament of Transnistria. The unicameral legislature consists of 43 seats, all of which are determined by single mandate constituencies. It is headed by a chairman (or speaker).
Moldova still considers Transnistria to be part of its territory, although the Second Congress of People's Deputies declared separation from Moldova on 2 September 1990 as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. As Transnistria was not an autonomous region before the declaration of its independence, it had no government bodies of its own in the USSR. This meant that all government authorities had to be formed from scratch.
On 2 September 1990, the Second Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies of all levels of Transnistria elected the Provisional Supreme Council of Transnistria, which was tasked to prepare elections to the permanent Supreme Council. Igor Smirnov was elected chairman of the Provisional Supreme Council in March 1990. After Smirnov was elected Chairman of the Republic (later this post was transformed into the presidential office) on 29 November 1990 he was succeeded by Vladimir Gonchar.
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