Petru Lucinschi

Petru Chiril Lucinschi
Petru Lucinschi in 2000
2nd President of Moldova
In office 15 January 1997 – 7 April 2001
Prime Minister	Ion Ciubuc Serafim Urechean Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiş
Preceded by	Mircea Snegur
Succeeded by	Vladimir Voronin
First secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova
In office 16 November 1989 – 4 February 1991
Prime Minister	Ivan Călin Petru Pascari Mircea Druc
Preceded by	Semion Grossu
Succeeded by	Grigore Eremei
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Secretary of the 28th Central Committee
In office 31 January 1991 – 29 August 1991
Personal details
Born	(1940-01-27) 27 January 1940 Rădulenii Vechi village, Soroca County, Romania
Political party	Agrarian Party of Moldova
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Moldova, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse	Antonina Lucinschi ( -2006)
Profession	Political activist

Petru Chiril Lucinschi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetru kiˈril luˈt͡ʃinski]; born 27 January 1940) was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).

Biography

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From 1971, Lucinschi was a member of the Executive Committee (Politburo) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moldavian SSR. He was the only native Moldovan in the leadership of Communist Party of Moldova at that time, when the leadership of Moldavian SSR was almost completely in the hands of people from outside the republic or Transnistrians.

From 1978 to 1989, he was first secretary of Chişinău branch of the Communist Party of Moldova. In 1978, Ivan Bodiul sent him to work for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, where Lucinschi remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1989, Lucinschi was second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. Upon his return to Moldavian SSR in 1989, he became first secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova.

In early 1991 he was appointed secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, so he again left Moldavian SSR for Moscow.

He was Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament (1993–1997).

Lucinschi was elected Moldova's second president in 1996. He served until 2001 when he called a snap election, and the Parliament voted in favour of Vladimir Voronin.

Lucinschi was married to Antonina (deceased 2006), a retired schoolteacher, and has two sons, Sergiu and Chiril.