Ivan Calin (10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldovan agronomist-scholar,

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and

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Biography

Calin was born in the small village of Plot in

Rîbnița District The Rîbnița District (; ; ) is an administrative district of Transnistria (''de facto'') in Moldova (''de jure''). Its seat is the city of Rîbnița, sometimes spelt as "Râbnița". It is located at . The district contains this city and 22 othe ...

, then in

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, shortened to Moldavian ASSR, was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940, encompassing the modern territory ...

. Calin was President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 10 April 1980 to 24 December 1985. Following this he became prime minister of the Moldavian SSR until 10 January 1990. He was elected as member of the

Parliament of Moldova The parliament of the Republic of Moldova () is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period or legislature o ...

in the 1998 election, 2005 election, April 2009 election and July 2009 election. Until the speaker was elected, the plenary meetings of the Moldovan Parliament were chaired by the oldest MP, making Calin the acting speaker from 5 to 12 May 2009.

Awards

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

* Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour * Order of the Republic

References

* Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească, 1970–1977.

External links

APCE - Ivan Calin

Калин Иван Петрович
1935 births 2012 deaths People from Rîbnița District Candidates of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of Moldavia politicians Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova politicians Heads of state of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Heads of government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union Presidents of the Moldovan Parliament Moldovan MPs 1998–2001 Moldovan MPs 2001–2005 Moldovan MPs 2005–2009 Moldovan MPs 2009 Moldovan MPs 2009–2010 Moldovan economists Soviet economists Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Moldova) {{Moldova-politician-stub