President of Transnistria

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. Per the Constitution of Transnistria, he also represents the country abroad.

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Native names
  • Romanian: Președintele Republicii Moldovenești Nistrene
    Moldovan Cyrillic: Прешединтеле Републичий Молдовенешть Нистрене
    Russian: Президент Приднестровской Молдавской Республики
    Ukrainian: Президент Придністровської Молдавської Республіки
Incumbent
Vadim Krasnoselsky

since 16 December 2016
ResidenceTiraspol
Term length5 years
Formation3 December 1991 (1991-12-03)
First holderIgor Smirnov
DeputyVice President (1990–2011)
Prime Minister (2012–present)
Websitepresident.gospmr.org

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 Vadim Krasnoselsky, since 16 December 2016. He was elected in the 2016 election.

Non-Presidential Heads of State

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Position Tenure Political Affiliation
Took Office Left Office
1 Igor Smirnov
(1941–)
Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Soviet 3 September 1990 29 November 1990 CPSU
(1) Chairman of the Republic 29 November 1990 29 August 1991 Independent
Andrey Manoylov
(1945–1995)
Acting Chairman of the Republic 29 August 1991 1 October 1991 Independent
(1) Igor Smirnov
(1941–)
Chairman of the Republic 1 October 1991 3 December 1991 Independent

List of Presidents of Transnistria

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Political party Elected Vice President(s) Prime Minister(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Igor Smirnov
(born 1941)
3 December 1991 30 December 2011 20 years, 27 days Independent
Republic
1991 Alexandru Caraman Office not established yet
1996
2001 Sergey Leontiev
2006 Aleksander Korolyov
2 Yevgeny Shevchuk
(born 1968)
30 December 2011 16 December 2016 4 years, 352 days Independent 2011 Office abolished Pyotr Stepanov (2012–2013)
Tatiana Turanskaya (2013–2015)
Pavel Prokudin (2015–2016)
3 Vadim Krasnoselsky
(born 1970)
16 December 2016 Incumbent 5 years, 1 day Renewal 2016 Aleksandr Martynov (2016– )

Latest election

Candidate Party Votes %
Vadim KrasnoselskyIndependent157,41062.30
Yevgeny ShevchukIndependent69,17927.38
Oleg KhorzhanPridnestrovie Communist Party8,0123.17
Vladimir GrigorievIndependent1,6980.67
Irina VasilakiIndependent1,5260.60
Aleksandr DeliIndependent1,3790.55
Against all8,5933.40
Invalid/blank votes
Total254,863100
Registered voters/turnout59.16
Source: VSPMR

See also

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