The Our Moldova Alliance was a social-liberal political party in Moldova led by Serafim Urechean,former mayor of Chișinău. It merged into the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) during April 2011.
The Social Democratic Party is an extra-parliamentary political party in Moldova currently led by Victor Șelin.
Serafim Urechean is a Moldovan politician. He held the position of general mayor of Chișinău municipality (1994–2005) and interim prime minister of the Republic of Moldova. He was the chairman of the party Our Moldova Alliance (2003–2011),first deputy chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (2009–2010) and president of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Moldova (2011–2016).
Liberal Party is a conservative-liberal political party in Moldova. The president of the party is the former Mayor of Chișinău,Dorin Chirtoacă.
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.
Mihai Ghimpu is a Moldovan politician who served as President of the Moldovan Parliament and Acting President of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2019. Ghimpu held the position of leader of Liberal Party (PL) from 1998 to 2018.
Divizia Naţională1992 is the first edition of Moldovan Divizia Naţionalăsince independence.
Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 5 April 2009. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won a majority of seats for the third consecutive occasion. Turnout was 59%,exceeding the 50% necessary for the election to be valid.
Protests against the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election results began on 6 April 2009 in major cities of Moldova before the final official results were announced. The demonstrators claimed that the elections,which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats,were fraudulent,and alternatively demanded a recount,a new election,or resignation of the government. Similar demonstrations took place in other major Moldovan cities,including the country's second largest,Bălți,where over 7,000 people protested.
The Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova is a democratic socialist political party in Moldova. A populist party,it holds Eurosceptic and Russophilic views,both of which are reflected by its long-time leader and former Moldovan president Igor Dodon. It is contrasted to like-minded centre-left European parties for its conservative views on social issues,reflecting the country's strong social conservatism and the influence of the Moldovan Orthodox Church.
Vasile Ursu is a Moldovan engineer and politician,MP at the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in 1990-1994,acting interim general mayor of Chișinău in 2005-2007 and minister of transport and road management for 2007-2008. In 2008-2009 he held the position of Deputy Minister of Construction and Territory Development.
Oazu Nantoi is a Moldovan politician and political analyst serving as member of Parliament of Moldova since 2019.
Iuliana Gorea-Costin is a diplomat and politician from the Republic of Moldova. She is a philologist and lawyer by education and served as the first Permanent Representative of Moldova to the Council of Europe and the first director of the "Mircea Eliade" Romanian-English High School in Chişinău. She ran as an independent candidate in Moldovan presidential election,1996. and Chișinău election,2005.
Radu Gînsari is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Moldovan Super Liga club Milsami Orhei.
Radu Catan,is a Moldovan professional football player who currently plays for FC Zimbru Chișinău in the Moldovan National Division.
Ilan Shor is an Israeli-born Moldovan pro-Russian oligarch and politician. Shor was a key figure in the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal,where approximately $1 billion was transferred out of Moldovan banks for loans that would not be repaid,resulting in a total loss equivalent to 12% of Moldova's GDP and the arrest of former Prime Minister Vlad Filat. In June 2017,he was sentenced to 7.5 years of prison in absentia for fraud and money laundering and on 14 April 2023 his sentence was increased to 15 years. All of Shor's Moldovan assets were also frozen. After spending time under house arrest he fled to Israel in 2019,where he lived until 2024. He resides in Russia,a country whose citizenship he received in 2024.
The Party of Action and Solidarity is a liberal political party in Moldova. The PAS was founded by Maia Sandu,the former Minister of Education and the incumbent president of Moldova. A pro-European party,it is an observer of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democracy Union (IDU).
Ion Ceban is a Moldovan politician and the current mayor of Chișinău,Moldova's capital. He is also the leader of the pro-European National Alternative Movement party. Ceban was Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova in 2019 and has served as a member of parliament in three legislatures. From 2015 to 2019,he led his party's faction in the Chișinău Municipal Council. He has held different positions at the governmental level,ranging from department head to Deputy Minister.
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.
