Ion Iovcev is a teacher for the
Republic of Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...
. Since 1992, he has been the principal of a
Romanian language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...
school in
Tiraspol
Tiraspol (, ; also /; , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third-largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of cul ...
and active advocate for human rights as well as a critic of the Transnistrian leadership. Ion Iovcev was decorated, by a
presidential decree, with Moldova's highest
state decoration
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The term includes civil awards and decorations, as well as military awards and decorat ...
– the
Order of the Republic.
Distincţii de stat
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In November 2005 Ion Iovcev received threatening calls that he attributed to his criticism of the separatist regime.United States Department of State
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report for 2006
Awards
* Order of the Republic - highest state distinction
See also
* Human rights in Transnistria
* Romanian-language schools in Transnistria
References
External links
Ion Iovcev
* Timpul de dimineaţă
''Timpul'' (Romanian language, Romanian for "The Time") is a literary magazine published in Romania. Originally a political newspaper, it was the official platform of the Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918), Conservative Party between 1876 an ...
Elevii din Transnistria s-au plimbat cu Mihai Ghimpu la Condrița
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Living people
Moldova State University alumni
Moldovan journalists
Moldovan male journalists
Transnistrian people
Politics of Transnistria
History of Transnistria since 1991
Education in Moldova
Moldovan human rights activists
Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Romanian people of Moldovan descent