Mihail Kendighelean ( Gagauz: Mihail Kendigelän; born 4 October 1941) is a Gagauz politician in 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 ...

Biography

He was born on October 4, 1941, in Congaz in what is now the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit. In 1990 he was head of the Gagauz Supreme Soviet and along with President

Stepan Topal Stepan Mikhailovich Topal (18 January 1938 – 29 September 2018) was a Moldovan politician of Gagauz people, Gagauz ancestry. From 1990 to 1995 he served as the only leader and President of the Gagauz Republic; after reintegration into Moldova h ...

led the Gagauz areas to achieve their own state formation that declared itself separate from Moldova. Gagauzia was ''de facto'' independent from Moldova until 1995. After negotiations it gained regional autonomy. From 1999 to 2002 Kendighelean was Chairman of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kendighelean, Mihail People from Gagauzia Gagauz nationalists Moldovan politicians of Gagauz descent Gagauzia conflict Moldovan MPs 1990–1994 1941 births Living people