President of Moldova

President of Moldova
Standard of the President
Incumbent Nicolae Timofti since 23 March 2012
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	ro, Condrița
Appointer	Parliament of Moldova
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Mircea Snegur
Formation	September 3, 1990
Website	www.presedinte.md

The President of the Republic of Moldova is the head of state of Moldova. The current President of Moldova is Nicolae Timofti, who assumed office on 23 March 2012.

Description

According to the Article 77 of the Constitution of Moldova (1994), the President of Moldova is the head of the State and represents the State and is the guarantor of national sovereignty, independence, and the unity and territorial integrity of the nation. The President is indirectly elected by the Parliament of Moldova to a four-year term; a candidate must get at least 61 votes to be elected. Presidents are limited to two terms. Nicolae Timofti was elected President by the Parliament on 16 March 2012.

Acting president

The Acting President of Moldova (Romanian: Președinte interimar al Republicii Moldova) is a person who fulfills the duties of President of Moldova when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur. It is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Moldova.

According to Article 91 of the Constitution of Moldova (1994):

When the office of the President of the Republic of Moldova becomes vacant or the President has been suspended from office, or finds himself in the temporary impossibility of discharging his duties, the responsibility of the office shall devolve ad interim on the President of Parliament or the Prime Minister, in that priority order.

Suspension from office

According to Article 89 of the Constitution of Moldova (1994):

• (1) In the event where the president of the Republic of Moldova commits grave offenses infringing upon constitutional provisions, he may be suspended from office by Parliament if two-thirds of the members cast their vote in support of suspension.
• (2) The motion requesting the suspension from office must be initiated by at least one third of the members, and it must be brought to the knowledge of the President without delay. The President may give explanations on the actions for which he is being censured before parliament.
• (3) If the motion requesting suspension from office meets with approval, a national referendum shall be organized within 30 days for removing the President from office.

Vacancy

According to Article 90 of the Constitution of Moldova (1994):

• (1) The office of the President of the Republic of Moldova may become vacant in consequence of expiry of the presidential mandate, resignation from office, removal from office, definite impossibility of executing his duties, or death.
• (2) The request to remove the President of the Republic of Moldova from office will be brought forward in Parliament, which will pass a decision on that request.
• (3) Within 3 months from the date when the presidential office was announced as vacant elections for a new President will be held in accordance with the law.

List of Presidents of Moldova

Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)

Party

      Bessarabian Peasants' Party

Nº	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1		Ion Inculeț	December 15 [O.S. December 2] 1917	April 9 [O.S. March 27] 1918	Bessarabian Peasants' Party

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Fyodor Brovko (28 June 1940 – 29 March 1951)
• Ivan Koditsa (29 March 1951 – 5 April 1963)
• Kirill Ilyashenko (5 April 1963 – 10 April 1980)
• Ivan Călin (10 April 1980 – 24 December 1985)
• Alexandru Mocanu (24 December 1985 – 12 July 1989)
• Ivan Ceban (12 July 1989 – 29 July 1989)
• Mircea Ion Snegur (29 July 1989 – 27 April 1990)

First Secretaries of the Moldavian Communist Party

• Piotr Borodin (2 August 1940 – 11 February 1942) (in exile in Russian SFSR from 1941)
• Nikita Salogor (13 February 1942 – 5 January 1946) (in exile in Russian SFSR until 1944) (acting)
• Nicolae Coval (5 January 1946 – July 1950)
• Leonid Brezhnev (26 July 1950 – 25 October 1952)
• Dimitri Gladki (25 October 1952 – 8 February 1954)
• Zinovie Serdiuk (8 February 1954 – 29 May 1961)
• Ivan Bodiul (29 May 1961 – 22 December 1980)
• Semion Grossu (22 December 1980 – 16 December 1989)
• Petru Lucinschi (16 November 1989 – 5 February 1991)
• Grigore Eremei (5 February – August 1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

Party

      PCM

Nº	Portrait	Name (Birth-Death)	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1		Mircea Snegur (1940-)	27 April 1990	3 September 1990	Communist Party of Moldova

Republic of Moldova (1991–present)

Parties

      PDAM       PCRM       PL       PLDM       PDM       Independent

Status

  Acting President

Nº	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1		Mircea Snegur (1940-)	3 September 1990	15 January 1997	Independent
2		Petru Lucinschi (1940-)	15 January 1997	7 April 2001	Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova
3		Vladimir Voronin (1941-)	7 April 2001	11 September 2009	Party of Communists
—		Mihai Ghimpu (1951-) (acting)	11 September 2009	28 December 2010	Liberal Party (Alliance for European Integration)
—		Vlad Filat (1969-) (acting)	28 December 2010	30 December 2010	Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration)
—		Marian Lupu (1966-) (acting)	30 December 2010	23 March 2012	Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration)
4		Nicolae Timofti (1948-)	23 March 2012	Incumbent	Independent

Residence

Official residence on Stephen the Great Boulevard.

The President Palace is located in the Buiucani sector of Chișinău. It was constructed between 1984 and 1987 to the design of architects A. Zalțman and V. Iavorski. The distinctive building was originally the meeting place of the Supreme Soviet of the

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See also

• Prime Minister of Moldova

External links

• Official website of the President of Moldova