Dumitru Diacov (born 10 February 1952) is a

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n politician, former

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, member of the

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in several consecutive terms since the year 2005 and formerly between 1994 and 2001. He was former leader of the

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(from 2000 to 2009). In 2009, he gives to Marian Lupu the function of party chairman.

Biography

Dumitru Diacov was born on 10 February 1952 in Kargapolie,

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(

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), in a family of

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n deportees. In 1969, he became a student at the Faculty of Letters, Journalism Department, of the

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from Chișinău. In 1974, Dumitru Diacov graduated from Belarusian State University and then worked for

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. After 1984, he worked as

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in Chişinău for

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and then for

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and

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(1986–1989). Between 1989 and 1993, he worked for

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. Dumitru Diacov was a Moldovan MP (1994–2001, 2005-May 2009, July 2009 – 2010) and the

president of the Moldovan Parliament The president of the parliament of Moldova () is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the parliament of Moldova. The current president of the Parliament is Igor Grosu since 29 July 2021. History Moldavian Democratic Republic Moldavia ...

(23 April 1998 – 20 March 2001). He was president of the

(1997-June 2009) and later has been the honorary president. In November 2022, when the Democratic Party was turned into the European Social Democratic Party, he opposed this change and he didn't join the new party. Due to this, he was removed from the position as honorary president.

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Ex-Communist speaker elected leader of opposition party in Moldova

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