The president of Transnistria, officially the president of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is the highest elected official of
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...
. The president of the republic is the country's
head of state
A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "he head of state
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads
* He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English
* He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana)
* Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...
being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...
and is also
commander in chief of its
armed forces
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...
. Per the
Constitution of Transnistria
The current Constitution of Transnistria was approved by national referendum on 24 December 1995, and signed into law by the President of Transnistria on 17 January 1996. As part of the territory's move towards market based reforms, it was modifi ...
, he also represents the country abroad.
The president is elected by the citizens of the republic on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of five years.
The current president is
Vadim Krasnoselsky
Vadim Nikolayevich Krasnoselsky (; ; born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Transnistria. Previously, he served as a member of the Supreme Council of Transnistria from the 7th district, as 6th ...
, since 16 December 2016. He was elected in the
2016 election and re-elected in the
2021 election.
Non-presidential heads of state
List of presidents of Transnistria
Timeline
Latest election
See also
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Politics of Transnistria
The politics of Transnistria, an unrecognised '' de facto'' state situated ''de jure'' within the Republic of Moldova in Eastern Europe, take place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the president is head of state and th ...
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Vice President of Transnistria
The vice president of Transnistria was a political position in that unrecognized state and was the deputy head of state. The Vice-President was elected concurrently with the president for a 5-year term through general elections. The position was a ...
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Prime Minister of Transnistria
The chairman of the government of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic is the head of government of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (Transnistria), that is ''de jure'' part of Moldova.
The current prime minister is Aleksandr ...
References
External links
Official PMR presidential site(in Russian)
Unofficial presidential website
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Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...