Indirect elections for the
Moldovan Parliament (called
Sfatul Țării) took place in
Moldova
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in November 1917. The members were elected by the various congresses,
soviets
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Nationality policy in th ...
, parties and professional and ethnic organizations existing in
Bessarabia
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in the wake of the
Russian Revolution
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.
Background
On , the Soldiers' council proclaimed the autonomy of Bessarabia, and summoned for the election of a representative body (diet), called
Sfatul Țării. The council prescribed the number of representatives allocated to each organization, and imposed a fixed ethnic composition, significantly different from the one recorded by previous
Russian Imperial censuses. Of the 150 Diet members of
Sfatul Țării, 105 were
Moldavians, 15
Ukrainians
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Jews
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Russians
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Bulgarians
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Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...
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Germans
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Gagauzians, 1
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Armenian
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Greek, 1 unknown.
[Gh. Cojocaru, ''Itinerarul Basarabiei spre realizarea unității românești (1917-1918)'', in "Marea Unire din 1918 în context european". Coordonator: Ioan Scurtu. Ed. Enciclopedică, Ed. Academiei Române, București, 2003, pp. 110-111.]
Aftermath
The first session of
Sfatul Țării was held on , and chose
Ion Inculeț
Ion Constantin Inculeț (; 5 April 1884, Răzeni, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire, now the Republic of Moldova – 18 November 1940, Bucharest, Romania) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, the President of the Country Council of the ...
as its
president
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
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.
On ,
Sfatul Țării elected the
Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet (named the
Council of Directors General), with nine members and with
Pantelimon Erhan as
President of the Council of Directors General and Director General for Agriculture.
After some long talks, on ,
Sfatul Țării proclaimed the
Moldavian Democratic Federative Republic, with
Ion Inculeț
Ion Constantin Inculeț (; 5 April 1884, Răzeni, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire, now the Republic of Moldova – 18 November 1940, Bucharest, Romania) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, the President of the Country Council of the ...
as
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
.
[Nistor, p.282]
See also
*
1918 Transylvanian legislative election
Elections for 680 of the 1,228 delegates to the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia took place in Transylvania and neighbouring regions of the Hungarian Democratic Republic inhabited by Romanians between November 20 and December 1, 1918. Called ...
References
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