Transnistrian presidential election, 2001
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Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of Transnistria
on 9 December, 2001. They were won by the incumbent Igor Smirnov
, who has ruled Transnistria since 1991. The other candidates were Tom Zenovich
, mayor of Bender
(the second largest city in the country), and Alexander Radchenko
of the Power to the People
party, which advocated reunion with Moldova
.
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
on 9 December, 2001. They were won by the incumbent Igor Smirnov
Igor Smirnov
Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov , is the President of the internationally unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, also known as Transnistria. He has held this post since 1990.- Childhood :...
, who has ruled Transnistria since 1991. The other candidates were Tom Zenovich
Tom Zenovich
Tom Zenovich is a politician and former presidential candidate from Transnistria, a break-away region of Moldova. Prior to his presidential run in 2001 he was mayor of Bender, Transnistria's second largest city....
, mayor of Bender
Bender, Moldova
Bender or Bendery, also known as Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic since 1992...
(the second largest city in the country), and Alexander Radchenko
Alexander Radchenko
Alexander Radchenko , an ethnic Ukrainian, is a politician and human rights activist in Transnistria. A former Soviet military officer, he is today the editor of a small opposition newspaper in Tiraspol called Man and His Rights...
of the Power to the People
Power to the People (political party)
Power to the People is a political party in Transnistria.At the 10 December 2000 legislative elections the party won 1 out of 43 seats. At the 11 December 2005 elections the party supported independent candidates who are today allied with the party Renewal....
party, which advocated reunion with Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
.