Galina Dodon
Galina Dodon | |
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First Lady of Moldova | |
In office 23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020 | |
President | Igor Dodon |
Preceded by | Margareta Timofti |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | 12 February 1977
Nationality | Moldovan |
Spouse | Igor Dodon (m. 1999) |
Children | 3 |
Profession | Accountant |
Website | Official website |
Galina Dodon (Russian: Галина Додон; born 12 February 1977[1]) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016-2020.[2]
Biography
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She was born on 12 February 1977 in Soviet Moldova. She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999,[3] the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel.[4] Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.[5] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012.[6] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media.[7]
Galina and Igor Dodon have three children: Bogdan, Vlad, and Nikolai. Apart from her native Romanian, she also is fluent in Russian and English.[2][8]
References
- ^ "12 February 1977".
- ^ a b "Biography of First Lady, Galina Dodon". Presidency of the Republic of Moldova.
- ^ "06 September 1999 - 19 June 2001 – Accountant, Company „Beton armat"".
- ^ "Впервые о сокровенном - Галина Додон рассказала о том, каково быть женой президента". bloknot-moldova.md (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Ce nu știai despre prima doamnă a Republicii Moldova, Galina Dodon".
- ^ "02 March 2012 - Financial Director of Company „Exclusiv Media"".
- ^ "The first interview of the first lady. Galina Dodon: I am proud of my husband". Accent TV. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "Ce nu știai despre prima doamnă a Republicii Moldova, Galina Dodon".