Dorin Chirtoacă is a Moldovan politician who served as Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018. He has been leader of Liberal Party (PL) since 2018.
Oazu Nantoi is a Moldovan politician and political analyst serving as member of Parliament of Moldova since 2019.
Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu is a Romanian sociologist.
Lidia Istrati was a writer and politician from Moldova. She was born to Nicolae and Xenia and had a PhD in biology.
Nicolae Bulat was a Moldovan historian and director of Soroca Museum of History and Ethnography.
Leonida Lari was a Moldovan poet, journalist, and politician who advocated for the reunion of Bessarabia with Romania. She published 24 volumes of poetry and prose and was a prolific translator of key works from world literature into Romanian.
Viorica Cucereanu-Bogatu is a journalist from the Republic of Moldova. She is the Secretary of the Supervisory Board of PNAC TeleRadio-Moldova since 2009.
Valentin Todercan is a Moldovan screen and stage actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Between April 10, 2007, and December 30, 2009, he served as president of TeleRadio-Moldova. In 2008, he was awarded the Order of Work Merit for his efforts in the development of the Moldovan public television. In 2011, he was elected councilor as part of the Municipal Council of Chişinău, and has been actively involved in the cultural development of the city.
Rodica Ciorănică-Gavriliţă is a journalist and editor from Moldova. She founded VIP Magazin in 2004. Since 2007, she has had a TV show on Pro TV Chişinău and then on Prime TV. Rodica Ciorănică is the head of VIP Magazin Grup. Besides VIP Magazin, she edits two other magazines, 50 cei mai influenti Moldoveni and 99 femei din Moldova. She is married to Sergiu Gavriliţă and they have a daughter.
Nata Albot is a blogger, TV producer, journalist and a media manager from Moldova. She has had several popular shows on radio and televisions in Moldova since she was 16 years old. She graduated from the Law School of Moldova State University. Nata Albot served as the general producer of Jurnal TV from March 2010 until July 2013. She also worked as the director of Radio Pro FM Chișinău, reporter for Pro TV, Director of TV reality talent show "Star Academy" at Prime TV. Also, as a freelancer, has produced the TV series "Aventura Americană" about Moldovan students summers spent with work and travel in the United States.
Democrația was a weekly newspaper from the Republic of Moldova, published between December 2001 and April 5, 2009. The editors in chief were Ala Mândâcanu (2001–2004) and Cornel Ciurea (2006–2009). The weekly newspaper was close to the Social Liberal Party (Moldova), Cornel Ciurea was serving as a deputy president of the party.
Nicolae Andronic is a Moldovan jurist and lawyer. He served as member of Parliament of Moldova between 1990 and 1998 and as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova in 1994. He headed the extra-parliamentary Republican Popular Party from 2005 to 2015.
Chiril Gaburici is a Moldovan businessman and former Prime Minister of Moldova.
Andrian Bogdan is a Moldovan football coach and former footballer.
Andrei Năstase is a Moldovan politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was also a member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase was the leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform from 2015 to 2021.
Vladimir Cebotari is a Moldovan jurist and politician, who since 30 July 2015 was the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova in the Streleț Cabinet. Previously, he was Deputy Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure (Moldova) from June 2013 to April 2015, and then, general director of the State Enterprise "Calea Ferată din Moldova" in April–July 2015.
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 1 November. The fourth direct elections since independence in 1991, voters had the possibility to either elect a new president or re-elect the incumbent Igor Dodon. Because no candidate received a majority of votes in the first round, a run-off between the top two candidates, Maia Sandu and Dodon, was held on 15 November. Maia Sandu won the second round with 57.72% of the vote, becoming the first female President of the country and the first winner from the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS).
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 20 October 2024, with a runoff held on 3 November. Incumbent president Maia Sandu, who won the first round, and former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was the runner-up, contested the runoff, with Sandu winning a majority of votes and being re-elected for a second and final term.
Mark Tkaciuk is a Moldovan politician, historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist. He is a former member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and has been active in Moldova's political and academic life.
On 18 September 2022, protests in Moldova began in the capital city of Chișinău, demanding the resignation of the country's pro-Western government, amid an energy crisis causing rising natural gas prices and inflation, caused in part by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
