Ivan Petrovich Calin (russian: Иван Петрович Калин; 10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldavian agronomist-scholar,

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Biography

Calin was born in the small village of Plot in

Rîbnița District The Rîbnița District ( ro, Raionul Rîbnița; russian: Рыбницкий район; uk, Рибницький район) is an administrative district of Transnistria (''de facto'') in Moldova (''de jure''). Its seat is the city of Rîbnița ...

, then in

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic * ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: ) * uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! * russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! , title_leader = First Secr ...

. Calin was President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 10 April 1980 to 24 December 1985. Following this he became prime minister of the Moldavian SSR until 10 January 1990. He was elected as member of the

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in the 1998 election, 2005 election, April 2009 election and July 2009 election. Until the

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was elected, the plenary meetings of the Moldovan Parliament were chaired by the oldest MP, making Calin the acting speaker from 5 to 12 May 2009.

Awards

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

* Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour * Order of the RepublicDecretul nr. 2259 din 10 martie 2005 privind conferirea "Ordinului Republicii" domnului Ivan CALIN
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References

* Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească, 1970–1977.

External links

APCE - Ivan Calin

Калин Иван Петрович
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