Igor Dodon (in Russian Игорь Додон) (born 18 February 1975, Sadova, raionul Strășeni, Moldovan SSR, USSR) is a Moldovan politician and leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova. He is a current member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and the former Minister of Trade and Economics in the governments of Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev and Zinaida Greceanîi, from September 2006 until September 2009.
Igor Dodon | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Economy | |
| In office 18 September 2006 – 14 September 2009 | |
| President | Vladimir Voronin |
| Prime Minister | Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Preceded by | Valeriu Lazăr |
| Succeeded by | Valeriu Lazăr |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova | |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 14 September 2009 | |
| President | Vladimir Voronin |
| Prime Minister | Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Preceded by | Zinaida Greceanîi |
| Succeeded by | Iurie Leancă |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1975 Sadova, Soviet Union (now Moldova) |
| Political party | PSRM |
| Alma mater | Moldova State University |
Biography
Igor Dodon was born on 18 February 1975 in Sadova village in the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic. He studied economics at the State Agricultural University of Moldova (Universității Agrare de Stat din Moldova) and received a doctorate in 1998 from the Academy of Economic Science in Moldova (Academia de Studii Economice din Moldova).[1] He has held various teaching positions in Moldova.
He is married with two children.
Political Life
Dodon was appointed to the post of Associate Minister of Trade and Economics in May 2005. He assumed the position of Minister of Trade and Economics in September of the next year. He held the position until September 2009, when government of Zinaida Greceanîi ended. Dodon also held the post of Associate Prime Minister under Greceanîi from 2008 until 2009.[2]
In 2011, Dodon lost to Dorin Chirtoacă in the election for mayor of Chisinau. He took 49.4% of the vote.[3]
Dodon left the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova in November 2011 citing hopes that a deal could be worked out with the ruling Alliance for European Integration to elect a president and end a constitutional crisis that had dragged on since the resignation of Vladimir Voronin in 2009.[4] Greceanîi and Veronica Abramchuk left at the same time.[5][6]
Dodon joined the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova and was elected chairman of the party at on 18 December of the same year.[7][8]
See also
Notes
- ^ http://dodon.md/ru/about/
- ^ http://dodon.md/ru/about/profession/ Dodon's personal page
- ^ "CEC a anunţat rezultatele finala la Chişinău", Moldova Azi, http://www.azi.md/ro/story/19193 (accessed 21 June 2011).
- ^ Партию коммунистов Молдавии покидают три депутата парламента Игорь Додон, Зинаида Гречаная и Вероника Абрамчук
- ^ Party defections could let Moldova name president
- ^ Dodon, Greceanîi și Abramciuc părăsesc fracțiunea PCRM și sunt gata să voteze președintele țării at Unimedia.md
- ^ Игорь Додон стал членом Партии социалистов
- ^ Игорь Додон избран председателем Партии социалистов