Oleg Khorzhan

Oleg Khorzhan
Oleg Khorzhan
Олег Хоржан
	Khorzhan in 2016
Leader of the Transnistrian Communist Party
	In office; May 2003 – 19 May 2018
Succeeded by	Nadezhda Bondarenko (acting)
Member of the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
	In office; 2010–2018
Personal details
Born	30 June 1976; Camenca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	16 July 2023 (aged 47); Sucleia, Transnistria (Moldova)
Manner of death	Assassination (stab wounds)
Political party	Transnistrian Communist Party
Children	2

Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan (Russian: Олег Олегович Хоржан; Romanian: Oleg Olegovici Horjan; 30 June 1976 – 16 July 2023) was a Transnistrian politician who served as the chairman of the Transnistrian Communist Party and as a member of Transnistria's Supreme Council.

In 2018, he was arrested and imprisoned for allegedly assaulting law enforcement during a political rally. He was released on 6 December 2022 after serving the entirety of his sentence. During his imprisonment, Khorzhan was considered a political prisoner by his supporters and the UCP–CPSU. On 16 July 2023, he was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in his office.

^ "Исполняющей обязанности Председателя ЦК ПКП назначена Н.А. Бондаренко". www.kp-pmr.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[acting-1] "Исполняющей обязанности Председателя ЦК ПКП назначена Н.А. Бондаренко". www.kp-pmr.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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