Aleksandr Ivanovich Korolyov (Aлексáндр Ивáнович Королёв) Polish: (Aleksander Korołiow) is a

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n politician born in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

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on 24 October 1959. He is of

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ethnicity. Until 2006, he was the Minister of the Interior of the

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic 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 ...

(PMR). He started to work in the ministry of the interior of the

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in 1985. When the PMR declared independence on 2 September 1990, Korolev continued his work in the same post but under the new government until 2000, when he was appointed the country's minister of the interior. Korolev holds PMR citizenship. In the December 10, 2006 PMR presidential election he was elected to the post of

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as the running mate of

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. He is the head of the PMR

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. Once a year, he also MC's the annual Miss PMR competition for charity.

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Aleksander Korolev, Minister of Internal Affairs
1959 births Living people Politicians from Wrocław Transnistrian politicians Government ministers of Transnistria Vice presidents of Transnistria {{Moldova-politician-stub