Mihail Kendighelean (russian: Михаил Васильевич Кендигелян) is a Gagauz politician in the
Republic of Moldova.
Biography
He was born on October 4, 1941 in
Congaz
Congaz ( gag, Kongaz) is a commune and village in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 12,327 people.''Statistica Moldovei''.. Accessed March 8, 2009. ...
in what is now the
Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit.
In 1990 he was head of the Gagauz Supreme Soviet and along with President
Stepan Topal
Stepan Mikhailovich Topal (18 January 1938 – 29 September 2018) was a Moldovan politician of Gagauz ancestry. From 1990 to 1994 he served as the only leader and President of the Gagauz Republic; after reunification with Moldova he served until ...
led the Gagauz areas in a declaration of independence from Moldova. Gagauzia was functionally independent from Moldava until 1994. After negotiations it gained regional autonomy. From 1999 to 2002 Kendighelean was Chairman of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia.
References
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Gagauz people
People from Gagauzia
Gagauzia conflict
Moldovan MPs 1990–1994
1941 births
Living people