Petru Lucinschi

Petru Lucinschi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetru luˈt͡ʃinski]; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).

Petru Lucinschi
Petru Lucinschi in 2000
2nd President of Moldova
In office
15 January 1997 – 7 April 2001
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
Ion Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiş
Preceded byMircea Snegur
Succeeded byVladimir Voronin
2nd President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
4 February 1993 – 9 January 1997
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
Preceded byAlexandru Moșanu
Succeeded byDumitru Moțpan
1st Moldovan Ambassador to Russia
In office
1992 – 4 February 1993
PresidentMircea Snegur
Succeeded byAnatol Țăranu
Personal details
Born (1940-01-27) 27 January 1940
Rădulenii Vechi, Soroca County, Kingdom of Romania
Political partyAgrarian Party of Moldova
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party of Moldova,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)Antonina Lucinschi (1965-2006)
ChildrenChiril, Sergiu
ProfessionPolitician

Biography

Petru Lucinschi was born on 27 January 1940 in Rădulenii Vechi village, Soroca County, Kingdom of Romania (now Florești district). He has a PhD in Philosophy (1977) from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Lucinschi carries a transcribed version of the Polish surname Łuczyński, but has never publicly identified with a Polish heritage.

From 1971, Lucinschi was a member of the Executive Committee (Politburo) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moldavian SSR. He was the only native Moldovan in the leadership of Communist Party of Moldova at that time, when the leadership of Moldavian SSR was almost completely in the hands of people from outside the republic or Transnistrians.[1]

From 1978 to 1989, he was First Secretary of Chișinău City Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova.[2] In 1978, Ivan Bodiul sent him to work for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, where Lucinschi remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1989, Lucinschi was second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. Upon his return to Moldavian SSR in 1989, he became first secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova.

In early 1991, he was appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, so he again left Moldavian SSR for Moscow.

Vladimir Putin and Petru Lucinschi, Chișinău, 17 June 2000

In 1992, he was appointed as Ambassador of Moldova in Russia. On 4 February 1993, he was elected as Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, being re-elected on 29 March 1994 for a new term. He held the position until 1997.

Lucinschi was elected Moldova's second president in November 1996. He served until 2001, when he called a snap election, and the Parliament voted in favour of Vladimir Voronin.[3]

Personal life

Lucinschi was married to Antonina (d. 2006), a retired schoolteacher, and has two sons, Sergiu and Chiril. Chirill is a businessman and politician who was as member of parliament as well as a professional basketball player.

Awards

References
  1. Mihail Bruhis - "Rusia, România și Basarabia", Universitas, Chişinău 1992, page 314
  2. "1976-1978 Lucinschi held the position of First Secretary of Chisinau City Committee of CPM".
  3. "Biography of President of the Republic of Moldova Petru Lucinschi, 1996-2001". Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  4. "Mr. Lucinschi is the holder of several prestigious awards: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France, 1998), Order of Redeemer (Greece, 1999), Grand Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre (Greek Orthodox Church, Jerusalem, 2000), Order "Steaua Romaniei" (Star of Romania), the Sash rank (Romania, 2000)".
Party political offices
Preceded by
Semion Grossu		 First secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova
16 November 1989 – 4 February 1991		 Succeeded by
Grigore Eremei
Political offices
Preceded by
Mircea Snegur		 President of the Republic of Moldova
1997–2001		 Succeeded by
Vladimir Voronin
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