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Moldova Government 1996
Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova; Moldavia
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Administrative divisions:
previously divided into 40 rayons; new districts possible under new
constitution in 1994
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Independence Day, 27 August 1991
new constitution adopted NA July 1994; replaces old Soviet constitution of
1979
based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; does not
accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction but accepts many UN and OSCE documents
18 years of age; universal
President Mircea SNEGUR (since 3 September 1990); election last held 8
December 1991 (next to be held NA 1996); results - Mircea SNEGUR ran
unopposed and won 98.17% of vote; note - President SNEGUR was named
executive president by the Supreme Soviet on 3 September 1990 and was
confirmed by popular election on 8 December 1991
Prime Minister Andrei SANGHELI (since 1 July 1992; reappointed 5 April 1994
after elections for new legislature); First Deputy Prime Minister Ion GUTU
(since NA)
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on recommendation of the
prime minister
elections last held 27 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results -
percent by party NA; seats - (104 total) Agrarian-Democratic Party 56,
Socialist/Yedinstvo Bloc 28, Peasants and Intellectual Bloc 11, Christian
Democratic Popular Front 9
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Political parties and leaders:
Christian Democratic Popular Front (formerly Moldovan Popular Front), Iurie
ROSCA, chairman; Yedinstvo Intermovement, Vladimir SOLONARI, chairman;
Social Democratic Party, Oazu NANTOI, chairman, two other chairmen;
Agrarian-Democratic Party, Dumitru MOTPAN, chairman; Democratic Party,
Gheorghe GHIMPU, chairman; Democratic Labor Party, Alexandru ARSENI,
chairman; Reform Party, Anatol SELARU; Republican Party, Victor PUSCAS;
Socialist Party, Valeriu SENIC, cochairman; Communist Party, Vladimir
VORONIN, cochairman; Peasants and Intellectuals Bloc
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Other political or pressure groups:
United Council of Labor Collectives (UCLC), Igor SMIRNOV, chairman; Congress
of Intellectuals, Alexandru MOSANU; The Ecology Movement of Moldova (EMM),
G. MALARCHUK, chairman; The Christian Democratic League of Women of Moldova
(CDLWM), L. LARI, chairman; National Christian Party of Moldova (NCPM), D.
TODIKE, M. BARAGA, V. NIKU, leaders; The Peoples Movement Gagauz Khalky
(GKh), S. GULGAR, leader; The Democratic Party of Gagauzia (DPG), G.
SAVOSTIN, chairman; The Alliance of Working People of Moldova (AWPM), G.
POLOGOV, president; Christian Alliance for Greater Romania; Stefan the Great
Movement; Liberal Convention of Moldova; Association of Victims of
Repression; Christian Democratic Youth League
BSEC, CE (guest), CIS, EBRD, ECE, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT
(nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NACC, OSCE, PFP,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Suites 329, 333, 1511 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Mary C. PENDLETON
Strada Alexei Mateevich #103, Chisinau
use embassy street address
same color scheme as Romania - 3 equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side),
yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold
outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its
beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in
its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over
blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined
yellow
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