Chisinau in History

Mircea Snegur becomes Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before the presidency is created

Mircea Druc becomes Prime Minister during Moldova's late Soviet transition

Mircea Snegur becomes President of the Moldovan SSR

Druc leaves office before Moldova's declaration of independence

Valeriu Muravschi becomes Prime Minister of the Moldovan SSR

Snegur wins Moldova's first direct presidential election

Muravschi leaves office after the first post-independence government

Andrei Sangheli becomes Prime Minister during the early post-Soviet period

Sangheli continues as Prime Minister after the 1994 parliamentary election

Snegur leaves office after Moldova's first post-independence presidency

Petru Lucinschi becomes President after defeating Snegur in the 1996 election

Sangheli leaves office after more than four years as Prime Minister

Ion Ciubuc becomes Prime Minister under President Petru Lucinschi

Ciubuc resigns and leaves the prime ministership

Ion Sturza begins a short acting term as head of government

Sturza becomes Prime Minister after confirmation by Parliament

Sturza leaves office after his government loses support

Dumitru Braghis becomes Prime Minister after the Sturza government falls

Lucinschi leaves office after one presidential term

Vladimir Voronin becomes President after parliamentary election by the communist majority

Braghis leaves office after the communist parliamentary victory

Vasile Tarlev becomes Prime Minister under President Vladimir Voronin

Tarlev continues as Prime Minister after the 2005 parliamentary election

Parliament re-elects Voronin for a second presidential term

Tarlev resigns after nearly seven years as Prime Minister

Zinaida Greceanii becomes Moldova's first female Prime Minister

Mihai Ghimpu becomes acting President as President of Parliament

Voronin leaves office after two presidential terms

Vitalie Pirlog becomes acting Prime Minister during the government transition

Greceanii leaves office after the 2009 political crisis

Pirlog's acting premiership ends when Vlad Filat forms a new government

Vlad Filat becomes Prime Minister and leads the Alliance for European Integration

Ghimpu's acting presidency ends after parliamentary leadership changes

Prime Minister Vlad Filat briefly exercises acting presidential duties

Marian Lupu becomes acting President while serving as President of Parliament

Filat's brief acting presidential role ends after Marian Lupu takes over

Lupu leaves the acting presidency after Nicolae Timofti is sworn in

Nicolae Timofti becomes President after parliamentary election

Iurie Leanca becomes acting Prime Minister after Filat leaves office

Filat leaves office after a government crisis

Leanca is confirmed as Prime Minister of Moldova

Chiril Gaburici becomes Prime Minister after Leanca's government ends

Natalia Gherman becomes acting Prime Minister after Gaburici resigns

Valeriu Strelet becomes Prime Minister during the Alliance for European Integration period

Gheorghe Brega becomes acting Prime Minister after Strelet's dismissal

Pavel Filip becomes Prime Minister after Parliament confirms his cabinet

Timofti leaves office after one presidential term

Igor Dodon becomes President after Moldova returns to direct presidential election

Maia Sandu becomes Prime Minister after a coalition deal

Ion Chicu becomes Prime Minister after Sandu's government falls

Dodon leaves office after losing the 2020 presidential election

Maia Sandu becomes President after winning the 2020 presidential election

Aureliu Ciocoi becomes acting Prime Minister after Chicu resigns

Natalia Gavrilita becomes Prime Minister after PAS wins parliamentary power

Moldova receives EU candidate status alongside Ukraine.

Dorin Recean becomes Prime Minister after Gavrilita resigns

Sandu wins re-election and continues Moldova's pro-European presidential course

Alexandru Munteanu becomes Prime Minister after Recean leaves the premiership

Munteanu announces resignation but remains until a successor is named