Presidential Palace () is the official residence of the president of Moldova.

History

The building was built between 1984 and 1987 by Yuri Tumanean, Arkady Zaltman, and Viktor Iavorski. The building was built on the site of the German

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dating back to the 1830s. It was made to be the new building of the

Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR (Moldavian dialect, Moldovan: Советул Супрем ал РСС Молдовенешть, ''Sovietul Suprem al RSS Moldovenești''; Russian language, Russian: Верховный Совет Молда ...

. The Moldovan Declaration of Independence of 27 August 1991 was signed and adopted in the palace by the Supreme Soviet. After Moldova gained its independence, the building became the residence of the president of Moldova starting in 2001 with President Vladimir Voronin. The building was devastated during protests on April 7, 2009 against President Voronin. As a result of the protest, the palace was closed off.

Renovations

In the early years of the Dodon presidency, steps were taken to renovate the palace with the help of the Turkish government. The newly renovated palace was opened on October 17, 2018, in the presence of President Dodon and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The following January, Dodon invited ex-presidents Petru Lucinschi and Mircea Snegur on a tour of the newly renovated palace. In April 2019, Moldovan journalists were given a tour of the palace to allow the press to have an understanding of the renovations. On

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in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova, a national ceremony closed to the public was held in the Historical Hall of the Presidential Palace.

Description

When describing the renovation, President Dodon joked: "There was nothing here when we arrived, but you know, I’m a man who treasures his household, so we brought a few things". Under his term, he kept created wine basement, an artificial lake, and a chicken farm. His presidency also included the introduction of a ''Ziua Ușilor Deschise'' (Open Doors Day) at the palace for Moldovan youth.

Gallery

File:Chisinau President Palace.jpg, File:Shoigu in Moldova 02.jpg, President

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Sergey Shoygu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...

at the palace in August 2019. File:Chisinau riot 2009-04-07 27.jpg, During riots in Chisinau in 2009. File:Stamp of Moldova 312.gif, The palace on a Moldovan stamp File:Gheorghe Ghimpu arboreaza Tricolorul.jpg, Gheorghe Ghimpu raising the Romanian Flag over the building in 1990.

References

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History

Renovations

Description

Gallery

See also

References