Grigore Eremei (22 April 1935 – 3 January 2025) was a

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and

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n politician.

Biography

Grigore Eremei was born in Tîrnova, Edineț. In 1956, he served in the

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 th ...

. From 5 February until 23 August 1991 he was the final First Secretary of the

Communist Party of Moldavia The Communist Party of Moldavia (, PCM, Moldovan Cyrillic: ; ) was the ruling and sole legal political party of the Moldavian SSR. It was one of the fifteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until ...

, the republic level branch of the

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. The Communist Party was outlawed by the government in August 1991, just before the

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. In 1994, he was appointed Ambassador to Romania. For his work, he was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005.

Works

* ''Faţa nevăzută a puterii'' (Ed. Litera, Chişinău, 2003).

References

External links

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Biografie în limba rusă

Timpul, 23 August 2006 - ''Grigore Eremei: „Interzicerea Partidului Comunist a fost un act nelegitim”''
1935 births 2025 deaths People from Edineț District Ambassadors of Moldova to Belarus Ambassadors of Moldova to Israel Ambassadors of Moldova to Romania Ambassadors of Moldova to Greece Deputy prime ministers of Moldova Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities First secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldavia Members of the Central Committee of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Romanian people of Moldovan descent {{Moldova-politician-stub