Galina Dodon | |
|---|---|
| Dodon in 2018 | |
| First Lady of Moldova | |
| In role 23 December 2016 –24 December 2020 | |
| President | Igor Dodon |
| Preceded by | Margareta Timofti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1977 |
| Nationality | Moldovan |
| Spouse | Igor Dodon (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Website | Official website [ dead link ] |
Galina Dodon (born 12 February 1977 [1] ) is the wife of the former president of Moldova Igor Dodon,serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. [2]
She was born on 12 February 1977 in Molovata in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999, [3] the same year that she married Igor Dodon,whom she met in a student hostel. [4] Until 2012,she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova. [5] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012. [6] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media. [7]
Galina and Igor Dodon have three children:Bogdan,Vlad,and Nicolae. Apart from her native language- Romanian,she is also fluent in Russian and English. [2] [5]