Oleg Gudymo
Encyclopedia
Oleg Gudymo born 11 September 1944 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR), is a politician
in Transnistria
and a deputy
in the Transnistrian Supreme Soviet. From 1993 until 2005 he was first deputy minister for national security. He is major general of the Transnistrian Ministry of State Security
. He is an ethnic Russian
. He has also become a member of the Joint Control Commission for maintaining peace in the zone of the Moldova-Pridnestrovie armed conflict
on 28 December 1992. In December 2005 Gudymo was elected to the Transnistrian parliament and became chairman of the parliamentarian security committee. In April 2007 the Committee for Security, Defense and Peacekeeping merged with the Committee for Law-enforcement Agencies, combating Corruption, Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Citizens, and Gudymo neither became chairman nor member of the new committee.
He is the founder and leader of the political party People's Will of Pridnestrovie
which advocates independent statehood
and international recognition
for Transnistria.
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
in Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
and a deputy
Deputy (legislator)
A deputy is a legislator in many countries, particularly those with legislatures styled as a 'Chamber of Deputies' or 'National Assembly'.-List of countries:This is an list of countries using the term 'deputy' or one of its cognates....
in the Transnistrian Supreme Soviet. From 1993 until 2005 he was first deputy minister for national security. He is major general of the Transnistrian Ministry of State Security
Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)
The Ministry of State Security is the Transnistrian state security service. It was formed on 16 May 1992, and as of April 2010 is headed by Vladimir Antyufeyev. The ministry is headquartered in Tiraspol.-External links:* * *...
. He is an ethnic Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
. He has also become a member of the Joint Control Commission for maintaining peace in the zone of the Moldova-Pridnestrovie armed conflict
War of Transnistria
The War of Transnistria was a limited conflict that broke out in November 1990 at Dubăsari between pro-Transnistria forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and Cossack units, and supported by elements of the Russian 14th army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan...
on 28 December 1992. In December 2005 Gudymo was elected to the Transnistrian parliament and became chairman of the parliamentarian security committee. In April 2007 the Committee for Security, Defense and Peacekeeping merged with the Committee for Law-enforcement Agencies, combating Corruption, Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Citizens, and Gudymo neither became chairman nor member of the new committee.
He is the founder and leader of the political party People's Will of Pridnestrovie
People's Will of Pridnestrovie
People's Will is a political party in Pridnestrovie . It is affiliated with the Russian nationalist Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya" led by State Duma Vice Speaker Sergey Baburin....
which advocates independent statehood
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...
and international recognition
Diplomatic recognition
Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...
for Transnistria.