Alexandru Caraman

Alexandru Caraman (Russian: Aлексáндр Карамáн, Aleksandr Karaman), born in Cioburciu, Slobozia district, 26 July 1956), is a Transnistrian politician and later the Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during August 2014. He was the vice-president of Transnistria from 1990 to 2001 and is an ethnic Moldovan. He is on the wanted list in the DPR for kidnapping, but currently lives in Russia.

Caraman during the Victory Day celebrations in Donetsk, 2015.

He was a communist party leader in Slobozia district, delegate at the 17th Congress of Moldovan Communist Party. He was against the acceptance by the Moldovan Communist Party of press freedom and criticise the tolerance that Communist party shows towards anticommunist publications.[1] Caraman was instrumental in declaration of independence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 2, 1990, and held the vice-presidency since that date.

From July 21 to November 12, 2014, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Social Affairs in the Donetsk People's Republic. From August 15 to August 28, 2014, he was the Foreign Minister for the Donetsk People's Republic.[2] During the summer of 2016, he was charged with kidnapping by the DPR prosecutor and he subsequently fled to Russia.[2]

Sanctions

Because of his involvement in undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, he is under sanctions since 2014 in the United States, the European Union, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland.[3][4]

References
  1. Interview with Alexander Caraman in "Moldova" nr. 12/1990 (Romanian)
  2. Лисунов (Lisunov), Дмитрий (Dmitri) (December 29, 2016). "Опальный создатель банановых республик: Пора бы уже какую-то премию символическую учредить за самые бесславные уходы «строителей» кремлёвского «русского мира». Знакомьтесь, Александр Акимович Караман" [Disgraced creator of banana republics: It's time to create some kind of symbolic premium for the most inglorious withdrawal of the "builders" of the Kremlin "Russian world". Meet Alexander Karaman] (in Russian). Петр и Мазепа. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. "Side-by-Side List of Sanctioned Russian and Ukrainian/Crimean Entities and Individuals" (PDF). Bryan Cave. December 22, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  4. Taylor-Vaisey, Nick (April 18, 2017). "These are the Russians under sanctions by the West". Maclean's. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Position established		 Vice president of Transnistria
1990–2001		 Succeeded by
Sergey Leontiev
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