Dumitru Diacov
Dumitru Diacov (born February 10, 1952, Kargapolie, Kurgan Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Moldovan politician, former President and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in several consecutive terms since the year 2005 and formerly between 1994 and 2001. He was former chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova (from 2000 to 2009).[1] In 2009, he gives to Marian Lupu the function of party chairman.
Dumitru Diacov | |
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Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
Assumed office 29 July 2009 | |
In office 6 March 2005 – 5 April 2009 | |
In office 27 February 1994 – 25 February 2001 | |
4th President of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 23 April 1998 – 25 February 2001 | |
President | Petru Lucinschi |
Prime Minister | Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș |
Preceded by | Dumitru Moțpan |
Succeeded by | Eugenia Ostapciuc |
Deputy Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 1995 – 23 April 1998 | |
President | Mircea Snegur Petru Lucinschi |
Prime Minister | Andrei Sangheli Ion Ciubuc |
Preceded by | Nicolae Andronic |
Succeeded by | Iurie Roșca |
Personal details | |
Born | Kargapolie, Kurgan Oblast | 10 February 1952
Political party | Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration) Agrarian Party of Moldova |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party |
Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
Profession | Journalist |
Biography
Dumitru Diacov was born on February 10, 1952, in Kargapolie, Kurgan Oblast (Russia), in a family of Bessarabian deportees. In 1969, he became a student at the Faculty of Letters, Journalism Department, of the Moldova State University from Chișinău. In 1974, Dumitru Diacov graduated from Belarusian State University and then worked for TeleRadio-Moldova. After 1984, he worked as correspondent in Chişinău for Komsomolskaya Pravda and then for Komsomol and CPSU in Moscow (1986-1989). Between 1989–1993, he worked for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia in Bucharest.[2]
Dumitru Diacov was a Moldovan MP (1994–2001, 2005-May 2009, July 2009 – 2010) and the president of the Moldovan Parliament (April 23, 1998 – March 20, 2001).
He was president of the Democratic Party of Moldova (1997-June 2009) and later has been the honorary president.
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