Dumitru Diacov

Dumitru Diacov (born 10 February 1952) is a Moldovan politician, former President and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in several consecutive terms since the year 2005 and formerly between 1994 and 2001. He was former chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova (from 2000 to 2009).[2] In 2009, he gives to Marian Lupu the function of party chairman.

Dumitru Diacov
OR
Diacov in 2014
President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
23 April 1998 – 20 March 2001
PresidentPetru Lucinschi
Prime MinisterIon Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiș
Preceded byDumitru Moțpan
Succeeded byEugenia Ostapciuc
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
29 July 2009 – 23 July 2021
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Party
In office
22 March 2005 – 22 April 2009
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Moldova Electoral Bloc
Democratic Party
In office
27 February 1994 – 20 March 2001
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Agrarian Party
Democratic Party
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office
8 February 1997 – 19 July 2009
Succeeded byMarian Lupu
Vice President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
22 July 1995 – 23 April 1998
PresidentMircea Snegur
Petru Lucinschi
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
Ion Ciubuc
Preceded byNicolae Andronic
Succeeded byIurie Roșca
Personal details
Born (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952
Kargapolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDemocratic Party (1997-2022)[1]
Democratic Agrarian Party (1991-1997)
Other political
affiliations		Alliance for European Integration
Communist Party
Alma materMoldova State University
Belarusian State University
ProfessionJournalist

Biography

Dumitru Diacov was born on 10 February 1952 in Kargapolie, Kurgan Oblast (Russia), in a family of Bessarabian deportees. In 1969, he became a student at the Faculty of Letters, Journalism Department, of the Moldova State University from Chișinău. In 1974, Dumitru Diacov graduated from Belarusian State University and then worked for TeleRadio-Moldova. After 1984, he worked as correspondent in Chişinău for Komsomolskaya Pravda and then for Komsomol and CPSU in Moscow (1986-1989). Between 1989–1993, he worked for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia in Bucharest.[3]

Dumitru Diacov was a Moldovan MP (1994–2001, 2005-May 2009, July 2009 – 2010) and the president of the Moldovan Parliament (23 April 1998 – 20 March 2001).

He was president of the Democratic Party of Moldova (1997-June 2009) and later has been the honorary president. In November 2022, when the Democratic Party was turned into the European Social Democratic Party, he opposed this change and he didn't join the new party. Due to this, he was removed from the position as honorary president.[4]

References
  1. "Diacov spune că nu a susținut schimbarea PDM în PSDE. Ar fi refuzat și să adere la noua formațiune". 20 November 2022.
  2. Structura Parlamentului > Deputaţii » Diacov Dumitru
  3. 14 noiembrie 2006 Flux - Diacov, cameleonul-prizonier
  4. "Diacov spune că nu a susținut schimbarea PDM în PSDE. Ar fi refuzat și să adere la noua formațiune". 20 November 2022.


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