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Nicolae Timofti
Nicolae Timofti (; born 22 December 1948) is a Moldovan jurist and politician who was President of Moldova from 23 March 2012 until 23 December 2016. He served as head of Moldova's Superior Magistrate Council and was 2011–2012 Moldovan presidential election, elected President by Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, parliament on 16 March 2012. Early life and education Timofti was born to Elena (born 1927) and Vasile Timofti in Ciutulești, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union, and has four siblings. At the beginning of 1949, his family moved to Florești, Moldova, Florești. On 6 July 1949, his paternal grandfather Tudor Timofti was Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, deported by Soviet authorities to the Amur Oblast, Amur region, where he died in 1953. Timofti graduated from the law school of Moldova State University in 1972. Early activity Soviet era From 1964 to 1965 he was a worker in the regional road department of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–2012 Moldovan Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 16 December 2011. The President of Moldova, president was elected by the Parliament of Moldova, parliament in an indirect election. After the election on 16 December failed, a second attempt was made on 15 January 2012. However, that vote was annulled as being unconstitutional since it had not been held in a secret vote. On 16 March, parliament elected Nicolae Timofti as president by 62 votes out of 101, with the PCRM boycotting the election, putting an end to a political crisis that had lasted since April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009. Background After the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election, parliamentary election held on 5 April 2009, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, PCRM won 49.48% of the vote and 60 seats, one seat too few to elect a president. Vladimir Voronin, up to then president, was elected President of the Moldovan Parliament, Speaker of Parliament and also retained the presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Moldova
The president of the Republic of Moldova () is the head of state of Moldova. The current president is Maia Sandu, who assumed office on 24 December 2020. Duties and functions The president "represents the State" and is "…the guarantor of national sovereignty and independence, as well as of the territorial unity and integrity of the State." In this capacity, the president ensures the Continuity of government, continuity of the Moldovan state, Arbitration, arbitrates and Mediation, mediates the Machinery of government, regular functioning of Institution, public institutions, and upholds the rule of law. This role is in keeping with the president's solemn oath, taken at inauguration, "…to devote all my personal strength and abilities to the prosperity of the Republic of Moldova, to abide by the Constitution and the laws of the country, to defend democracy, fundamental human rights and freedoms, the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Moldova." Moldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldova State University
Moldova State University (USM; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946, and initially had five faculties, Physics and Mathematics, Geology and Pedology, History and Philology, Biology, and Chemistry. It became a plenipotentiary member of the International Association of Universities in 1969. Notable faculty include mathematicians Valentin Belousov and Israel Gohberg. Notable alumni include gender studies scholar Valentina Bodrug-Lungu, Valentina Bidrug-Lungu. History The university was founded on 1 October 1946 as Chișinău State University. Initially, it had 320 students enrolled in 5 Faculty (division), faculties: Physics and Mathematics, Geology and Pedology, History and Philology, Biology, and Chemistry. Within the 12 departments, there were 35 teachers. Among the initiators of the founding of the university were Macarie Radu and Mihail Pavlov. In 1969, the State University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start, its first loan was to France in 1947. In its early years, it primarily focused on rebuilding Europe. Over time, it focused on providing loans to developing world countries. In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its mission of facilitating development as being oriented around poverty reduction. For the last 30 years, it has included NGOs and environmental groups in its loan portfolio. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, President of the Moldovan Parliament and President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), Acting President of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He was member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2019. Ghimpu held the position of leader of Liberal Party (Moldova), Liberal Party (PL) from 1998 to 2018. Family Mihai Ghimpu was born on 19 November 1951 in the village of Colonița, Chișinău, Moldavian SSR. His mother, Irina Ursu (daughter of Haralambie Ursu) died in 2003; she worked at the local kolkhoz. His father, Toader Ghimpu (deceased in 1980), was an elementary school teacher only a few years because he completed only seven years of schooling during the Romanian rule, then he worked at the local kolkhoz too. Mihai Ghimpu is the youngest brother of Gheorghe Ghimpu, Simion Ghimpu, Visarion, and Valentina ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Army
The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under the command of the Commonwealth of Independent States until it was formally abolished on 14 February 1992. The Soviet Ground Forces were principally succeeded by the Russian Ground Forces in Russian territory. Outside of Russia, many units and formations were taken over by the post-Soviet states; some were withdrawn to Russia, and some dissolved amid conflict, notably in the Caucasus. While the Ground Forces are commonly referred to in English language sources as the Soviet Army, in Soviet military parlance the term '' armiya'' (army) referred to the combined land and air components of the Soviet Armed Forces, encompassing the Ground Forces as well as the Strategic Rocket Forces, the Air Defence Forces, and the Air Forces. After World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south. The administrative center of the oblast, the city of Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the far east of the country, founded in 1856. It is a traditional center of trade and gold mining. The territory is accessed by two railways: the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal–Amur Mainline. As of the 2021 Census, the oblast's population was 766,912. Names ''Amur Krai'' () or ''Priamurye'' ( 'Circum-Amur') were unofficial names for the Russian territories by the Amur River used in the late Russian Empire that approximately correspond to modern Amur Oblast. Geography Amur Oblast is located in the southeast of Russia, between Stanovoy Range in the north and the Amur River in the south, and borders with the Sakha Republic in the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Deportations From Bessarabia And Northern Bukovina
The Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina took place between late 1940 and 1951 and were part of Joseph Stalin's policy of political repression of the potential opposition to the Soviet power (see Population transfer in the Soviet Union). The deported were typically moved to so-called " special settlements" (спецпоселения) (see '' Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union''). The deportations began after the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, which occurred in June 1940. According to a secret Soviet Ministry of Interior report dated December 1965, 46,000 people were deported from the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic for the period 1940−1953. Moldovan historian Ion Varta referred to the events that occurred in Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina after their occupation, including the deportations but also the famine and murders, as a "genocide in all law". Around 8,500 Gagauz were deported to Siberia or Kazakhstan, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florești, Moldova
Florești () is the capital city and industrial and commercial center of Floreşti District of Moldova. It is located on the river Răut. Name The name comes from the Romanian word ''floare'' ("flower"). The old name of the settlement was ''Rădiul Florilor'', which is also a derivative from the Romanian word for "flower". Geography The city is located in the north of the country, on the river Răut, a tributary of the Dniester. Politics and administration Florești is governed by the City Council and the City Mayor (), both elected once every four years. The current mayor is Iurie Ţap. Demographics According to the 2014 census, the population of Florești amounted to 11,998 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 13,164 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 5,570 were men and 6,428 were women. ''Footnotes'': * ''There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.'' * ''Moldovan langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The Republic Of Moldova
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word ''parliament'' to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the official name. Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies. What is considered to be the first modern parliament, was the Cortes of León, held in the Kingdom of León in 1188. According to the UNESCO, the Decreta of Leon of 1188 is the oldest documentary manifestation of the European parliamentary system. In addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichifor Corochii
Nichifor, also Nechifor is a Romanian given name and surname derived from the Greek name Nikephoros, (), "Bringer of Victory". Notable people with the name include: * Nichifor Crainic, Romanian writer, editor, philosopher, poet and theologian * Nichifor Tarara, Romanian sprint canoer * Șerban Nichifor, Romanian composer, cellist and music educator See also * Nikifor {{given name, type=both Romanian-language surnames Romanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
