Vladimir Voronin

Vladimir Voronin MP
Voronin in 2014
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 July 2021
Parliamentary group	Bloc of Communists and Socialists
In office 22 April 2009 – 9 March 2019
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
In office 17 March 2005 – 8 April 2005
Succeeded by	Alexandru Jdanov
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
In office 9 April 1998 – 18 April 2001
Succeeded by	Valeriu Burca
Parliamentary group	Party of Communists
Leader of the Party of Communists
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 December 1994
3rd President of Moldova
In office 7 April 2001 – 11 September 2009
Prime Minister	Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Petru Lucinschi
Succeeded by	Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 12 May 2009 – 14 August 2009
President	Himself
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi
Deputy	Vladimir Țurcan Grigore Petrenco
Preceded by	Marian Lupu
Succeeded by	Mihai Ghimpu
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR
In office 17 February 1989 – 24 May 1990
Premier	Ivan Calin Petru Pascari
Preceded by	Gheorghe Lavranciuc
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Bujeniță (1941-05-25) 25 May 1941 (age 83) Corjova, Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova)
Citizenship	Moldova  Russia[1][2]
Political party	Communist Party of Moldova (Before 1991) Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (1993–present)
Spouse	Taisia Mihailovna
Children	Oleg Valentina
Alma mater	Cooperation College All-Union Institute for Food Industry Academy of Social Sciences Soviet Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Vladimir Voronin (pronounced [vladiˈmir voˈronin]; born Vladimir Bujeniță, 25 May 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the leader of the Party of Communists of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He was Europe's first democratically elected communist party head of state after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.