Vladimir Voronin
| Vladimir Voronin Владимир Воронин |
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| President of Moldova | |
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In office 7 April 2001 – 11 September 2009 |
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| Prime Minister |
Dumitru Braghiş Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Preceded by | Petru Lucinschi |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Ghimpu (Acting) |
| President of Parliament | |
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In office 12 May 2009 – 28 August 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ivan Călin (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Ghimpu |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 1988 – 6 June 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ivan Călin Petru Pascari |
| Preceded by | Gheorghe Lavranciuc |
| Succeeded by | Ion Costaş |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 May 1941 Corjova, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
| Political party |
Communist Party (Before 1991) Party of Communists (1993–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Taisia Mihailovna |
| Children |
Oleg Valentina |
| Alma mater |
Cooperation College All-Union Institute for Food Industry Soviet Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Vladimir Nicolaevici Voronin (Romanian pronunciation: [vladiˈmir nikoˈla.evit͡ʃʲ voˈronin], Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Воро́нин, Vladimir Nikolaevič Voronin) (born May 25, 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He was Europe's first democratically elected Communist Party head of state after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.
Vladimir Nicolaevici Voronin was born in the village of Corjova, Dubăsari District of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Despite his Russified name, his ethnic origins are Moldovan. Although Voronin is a lifelong communist who pursued unfriendly policies towards Romania at various times during the 2000s, his grandfather Isidor Sârbu was an anticommunist fighter in Romania after 1944. Voronin's mother, Pelagheia Bujeniţă, died on July 2, 2005.
Voronin graduated from the Cooperation College (Kooperativny technikum) of Chişinău (1961), the All-Union Institute for Food Industry (1971), the of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1983), and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union (1991).
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