Biography

His mother is Valentina, sister of Gheorghe Ghimpu

Gheorghe Ghimpu

Gheorghe Ghimpu was a Moldovan politician and a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union.- Early life :...

 and Mihai Ghimpu

Mihai Ghimpu

Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951, Coloniţa, Moldova, is a Moldovan politician. He was Speaker of Parliament from 28 August 2009 to 30 December 2010 and Acting President from 11 September 2009 until 28 December 2010.-Family:...

. During high school he studied in Iaşi

Iasi

Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

 and graduated in 2001 from University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest

The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...

. Between 2001 and 2003 Chirtoacă worked for Surprize, Surprize ("Surprises, Surprises"), a show broadcast on TVR1. Then he worked for the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

The Helsinki Committees for Human Rights exist in many European countries as volunteer, non-profit organizations devoted to human rights and presumably named after the Helsinki Accords...

 in Moldova (2003–2005).

Dorin Chirtoacă has been the vice-president of the Liberal Party of Moldova

Liberal Party (Moldova)

The Liberal Party is a conservative-liberal political party in Moldova.The president of the party is Mihai Ghimpu. His nephew Dorin Chirtoacă is its vice-president.-History:...

 since May 2005. Due to low turnout the 2005 Chişinău election

Chişinău election, 2005

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău were held on July 10, July 24, November 27, and December 11, 2005.- July Election :Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău on July 10 2005 have been declared invalid, as they participated in only 27% of voters. The by-election on 24 July 2005 was...

 was invalidated, but he became the mayor of Chişinău

Mayor of Chişinău

The Mayor of Chişinău is head of the executive branch of Chişinău City Council.- History :The first mayor of Chişinău was Anghel Nour in 1817. In 1941, the office was abolished. After the Soviet era and the re-establishment of the office in 1990, Nicolae Costin became the first democratically...

 in 2007. He defeated his Communist Party opponent in the 2007 municipal elections

Moldovan local election, 2007

Local elections were held in Moldova on June 3, 2007, with a runoff for mayors on June 17, 2007.Voter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chişinău municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.Dorin Chirtoacă...

, which resulted in a clear victory for a loose anti-communist coalition in the city of Chişinău. He was considered to be the most important opponent of the communists in the April 2009 election and July 2009 election

Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009

- Pre-election developments :The country's parliament, elected months earlier, was dissolved by president Vladimir Voronin on 15 June 2009, after it had twice failed to elect a new president....

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Chirtoacă won reelection as mayor of Chişinău in June 2011, narrowly defeating the candidate from the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon

Igor Dodon

Igor Dodon was a member of the Central Committee of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova...

. He received 50.6% of the vote to Dodon's 49.4%.

External links

• Results of parliamentary elections in Chisinau Municipality