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Dumitru Diacov (born 10 February 1952, Kargapolie,
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,
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) is a
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n politician, former President and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the
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, deputy in the
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in several consecutive terms since the year 2005 and formerly between 1994 and 2001. He was former chairman of the
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(from 2000 to 2009). In 2009, he gives to
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the function of party chairman.


Biography

Dumitru Diacov was born on 10 February 1952 in Kargapolie,
Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Oblast (russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, ''Kurganskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,Kurgan ...
(
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), in a family of
Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
n deportees. In 1969, he became a student at the Faculty of Letters, Journalism Department, of the
Moldova State University The Moldova State University (Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. History The university was founded on 1 October 1946. Initially, it had 320 students enrolled in 5 faculties, Physi ...
from Chișinău. In 1974, Dumitru Diacov graduated from
Belarusian State University Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...
and then worked for TeleRadio-Moldova. After 1984, he worked as
correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...
in Chişinău for
Komsomolskaya Pravda ''Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (russian: link=no, Комсомольская правда; lit. "Komsomol Truth") is a daily Russian tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper, founded on 13 March 1925. History and profile During the Soviet era, ...
and then for
Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
and
CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...
in
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(1986-1989). Between 1989–1993, he worked for
Information Telegraph Agency of Russia The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...
in
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. Dumitru Diacov was a Moldovan MP (1994–2001, 2005-May 2009, July 2009 – 2010) and the
president of the Moldovan Parliament The President of the Parliament ( ro, Președintele Parlamentului) is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Moldova. The current President of the Parliament is Igor Grosu since 29 July 2021. History Moldavian Democratic Republic Moldav ...
(23 April 1998 – 20 March 2001). He was president of the
Democratic Party of Moldova The European Social Democratic Party ( ro, Partidul Social Democrat European, PSDE) is a centre-left, populist social-democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of th ...
(1997-June 2009) and later has been the honorary president. In November 2022, when the Democratic Party was turned into the European Social Democratic Party, he opposed this change and he didn't join the new party. Due to this, he was removed from the position as honorary president.https://newsmaker.md/ro/diacov-spune-ca-nu-a-sustinut-schimbarea-pdm-in-psde-ar-fi-refuzat-si-sa-adere-la-noua-formatiune/


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Ex-Communist speaker elected leader of opposition party in Moldova


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1952 births Living people People from Kurgan Oblast Belarusian State University alumni Moldovan communists Presidents of the Moldovan Parliament Moldovan journalists Male journalists Moldovan MPs 2014–2018 Democratic Party of Moldova MPs Moldovan MPs 1994–1998 Moldovan MPs 1998–2001 Moldovan MPs 2005–2009 Moldovan MPs 2009–2010 {{Moldova-politician-stub Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova)