Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

on 1 December, 1991. These were the first such elections in the newly founded Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and were won by

Igor Smirnov Igor Smirnov may refer to: *Igor Smirnov (politician) (born 1941), president of the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic *Igor Smirnov (scientist) (1951–2004), controversial Russian mind control researcher See also * Igor Mirnov Igor ...

, one of the country's founders. Smirnov faced two opponents:

Grigore Mărăcuţă Grigory Stepanovich Marakutsa (russian: Григóрий Степáнович Маракуца}, ; born 15 October 1942 in Teiu, Grigoriopol District) is a Transnistrian politician and member of Pridnestrovian Supreme Soviet. He is a member of ...

and Grigoriy Blagodarniy. Olvia Press
Presidential elections in Transnistria
Mărăcuţă would become an ally of Smirnov and was speaker of the Supreme Council until 2005.

Results

References

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