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The '
Supreme Soviet of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic' (
Russian: 'Верховный Совет Приднестровской Молдавской Республики', ''Verkhovny Soviet Pridniestrovskoy Moldavskoy Respubliki'') is the
parliament of
Transnistria. The
unicameral legislature consists of 43 seats, all of which are determined by
single mandate constituencies, it is headed by a chairman.
Jurisdiction
Moldova still considers Transnistria part of that country, although Transnistria
declared independence on 2 September 1990. Until 2005, the chairman of the parliament was
Grigorii Marakutsa (Grigore Mărăcuţă), but following the election win of opposition party
Renewal the new chairman became Renewal party leader
Yevgeni Shevchuk. Both Marakutsa and Shevchuk are native-born Transnistrians.
Members of parliament
Most of the members of parliament are not native-born Transnistrians. According to official PMR data, only 15 members of the parliament out of 43 were born on the territory of Transnistria (12 in Transnistria proper, 3 in Bessarabian area of Bender-Chiţcani which is controlled by Transnistria), 4 were born in
Bessarabia, part never claimed by Transnistria, 9 were born in the
Russian Federation, 8 in
Ukraine, 2 in
Kazakhstan, 1 in
Germany, 1 in
Belarus, and 3 did not declare their origin.
[1]
Also a list published by the
European Union indicates that a majority of the leadership, who are banned from traveling to the EU, were not born in Transnistria.
[2]
Latest election
References
The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet building in Tiraspol. In front is a statue of
Lenin.
2. Council Decision 2006/96/CFSP of 14 February 2006 implementing Common Position 2004/179/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova European Union Law Official Journal. Feb 2, 2006. Retrieved 2006, 12-27
External links
★
Official website
★
Parliament summary
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