Vladimir Voronin

Vladimir Voronin ( born May 25, 1941 in Korschewo, Moldavian SSR, today Transnistria, Russian Владимир Николаевич Воронин ) is a Moldovan politician. He was 2001-2009 President of the Republic of Moldova.

Biography

Voronin comes from an ethnic Romanian ( Moldovan ) family. He received his Russian family name of his stepfather, who was Russian.

After training as a food engineer (from 1971) he studied from 1983 at the Academy of Social Sciences, then at the Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. He also made ​​it to the Major General of the Army. From 1980 to 1990 he was a member of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

On 27 August 1991, the Republic of Moldova officially declared its independence from the Soviet Union and was constituted as an independent state. Voronin became chairman of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( PCRM ).

On 4 April 2001 Voronin was elected with 71 of a total of 101 votes, succeeding Petru Lucinschi the third President of Moldova. In his election campaign, he called for closer cooperation with Russia and the recognition of Russian as a second official language. He opposed the progressive privatization and the increasing corruption in the country. He also promised a speedy termination of the Transnistria conflict and presented in this context, the vague possibility of integration of Moldova to the Russian - Belarusian Union in prospect.

The parliamentary elections of March 6, 2005 brought the PCRM again the majority of seats. As the President, according to the Moldovan Constitution but must carry at least 61 of the 101 votes, Voronin was dependent for re-election to the votes of the opposition. Promises and offers to the opposition softened their original unanimous boycott announcement. On April 4, 2005 Voronin was confirmed with 75 votes for a second term. At a special meeting but attended only 89 out of 100 MPs in the vote, 11 members of parliament of the Christian Democratic People's Party ( PPCD ) wanted to give any of the three candidates their voice.

After the elections on 5 April 2009 Voronin was elected with the votes of the Communist deputies to the new parliament president. Previously it was speculated that the President, in accordance with the Constitution could not again be standing for election, would possibly change in this office. The election of a new head of state failed, however, because the procedure determined by the Communists as a successor Voronin Zinaida Greceanii missed the necessary three-fifths majority in parliament. According to the Moldovan Constitution Voronin was thus forced to dissolve parliament and to organize new elections in July. After these elections Mihai Ghimpu, chairman of the Liberal Partidul was elected in a disputed parliamentary session to succeed Voronin as President of the Parliament.

September 11, 2009 Voronin came, as previously announced by the Office of the President back. His Communist Party had previously can no longer defend the absolute majority of parliamentary seats in early parliamentary elections. The office of head of state so went to the newly elected Parliament Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, the true takes office until the election of a new President. However, he is still often present in public.