President of Transnistria

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Yevgeny Shevchuk since 30 December 2011
Residence	Tiraspol
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Igor Smirnov
Formation	3 December 1991

Transnistria

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Transnistria
Constitution President Yevgeny Shevchuk Acting Prime Minister Maija Parnas Supreme Council Speaker: Mikhail Burla Government Political parties Recent elections Presidential: 2006 2011 Parliamentary: 2010 2015 Referendums Disputed status International recognition Foreign relations War of Transnistria Human rights
See also
Politics of Moldova
Other countries Politics portal

The President of Transnistria is the highest elected official of Transnistria, a small unrecognized country which declared independence from Moldova in 1990. The president of the republic is the country's head of state and is also commander in chief of its armed forces. As per the Constitution of Transnistria, he also represents the country abroad.

The President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, as Transnistria is officially called, is elected by the citizens of the republic on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of five years.

The current President is Yevgeny Shevchuk, since 30 December 2011. He was elected in the 2011 election.

Non-Presidential Heads of State 1
List of Presidents of Transnistria 2
Latest election 3
See also 4
External links 5

Non-Presidential Heads of State

№	Head of State	Position	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Igor Smirnov	Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Soviet	3 September 1990	29 November 1990	Independent
2	Igor Smirnov	Chairman of the Republic	29 November 1990	29 August 1991	Independent
—	Andrey Manoylov	Acting Chairman of the Republic	29 August 1991	1 October 1991	Independent
3	Igor Smirnov	Chairman of the Republic	1 October 1991	3 December 1991	Independent

List of Presidents of Transnistria

№	President	Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President(s)
1	Igor Smirnov	3 December 1991	30 December 2011	Independent Republic	Alexandru Caraman (1990–2001) Sergey Leontiev (2001–2006) Aleksander Korolyov (2006–2011)
2	Yevgeny Shevchuk	30 December 2011	Incumbent	Independent	—

Latest election

External links

Official PMR presidential site (in Russian)
Unofficial presidential website

Heads of state and government of Europe

Heads
of state

UN members and observers	Albania Andorra Armenia¹ Austria Azerbaijan¹ Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus¹ Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia¹ Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan¹ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation¹ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey¹ Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Partially recognised²	Abkhazia¹ Kosovo Northern Cyprus¹ South Ossetia¹

Unrecognised states³	Nagorno-Karabakh¹ Transnistria

Heads of
government

UN members and observers	Albania Andorra Armenia¹ Austria Azerbaijan¹ Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus¹ Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia¹ Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan¹ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation¹ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey¹ Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Partially recognised²	Abkhazia¹ Kosovo Northern Cyprus¹ South Ossetia¹

Unrecognised states³	Nagorno-Karabakh¹ Transnistria

Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the Europe–Asia border.
States recognised by at least one United Nations member.
States not recognised by any United Nations members.

Categories

This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.

Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.

By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.

President of Transnistria