Key facts
- Prime minister
- Mircea Druc Valeriu Muravschi Andrei Sangheli
- Succeeded by
- Petru Lucinschi
- Parliamentary group
- Democratic Convention
- Constituency
- Nisporeni
- Premier
- Petru Pascari Mircea Druc
- Preceded by
- Ion Ciobanu
- Born
- ( 1940-01-17 ) 17 January 1940, Trifănești , Kingdom of Romania
- Died
- 13 September 2023 (2023-09-13) (aged 83) , Chișinău , Moldova
- Resting place
- Chișinău Central Cemetery
- Party
- Independent
- Other political affiliations
- PRCM (1995–2002), PCM (1964–1990)
- Spouse
- Georgeta Snegur ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; died 2019 )
- Children
- 2, including Natalia Gherman
- Alma mater
- State Agrarian University of Moldova
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mircea
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Moldova
- Place of birth
- Trifănești
- Place of death
- Chișinău
- Child
- Natalia Gherman
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of the Moldovan Parliament
- Educated at
- State Agrarian University of Moldova
- Political party
- Communist Party of Moldavia
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Romanian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Field of work
- politician
- Image
- Mircea Snegur 1996 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mircea Snegur
- date of birth
- 1940-01-17
- name in native language
- Mircea Ion Snegur
- P10632
- Mircea Snegur
- date of death
- 2023-09-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- place of burial
- Central cemetery of Chișinău
- ethnic group
- Moldovans
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Encyclopedic overview
Mircea Snegur ( Romanian: [ˈmirtʃe̯a ˈsneɡur]; 17 January 1940 – 13 September 2023) was a Moldovan agronomist and politician who served as the first President of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. Prior to that, he served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 1989 to 1990 and chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 27 April to 3 September 1990.
Early life and education
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