Elena Hrenova (; 14 January 1950 – 22 November 2020) was a Russian-

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n politician who from 2014 to 2019 was a Member of the

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representing the

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(PSRM). She was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Protection, Health and the Family. Previously, between 2011 and 2015, she was a councilor in the Chisinau Municipal Council.

Biography

In the November 2014 parliamentary elections, Hrenova ran for the position of deputy on the 20th position in the PSRM list, obtaining the mandate of deputy in the Moldovan Parliament for the 20th legislature. Until 29 November 2012, she was a member of the

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...

, when she left the Communists and joined the faction of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova in the municipal council. She resigned as a councilor in January 2015, in connection with the incompatibility of positions. Hrenova was also the organizer and president of the public association "Equitate". Hrenova did not know

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(in her opinion, the

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) and spoke only

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in parliament. On 22 November 2020, Hrenova died of

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