Short facts about the government of Moldavia
| Country
name: |
conventional long
form: Republic of Moldova
conventional short
form: Moldova
local long form: Republica
Moldova
local short form: none
former: Soviet
Socialist Republic of Moldova; Moldavia |
| Government
type: |
republic |
| Administrative divisions: |
10 juletule (singular - juletul), 1
municipality*, and 1 autonomous territorial unit**; Balti, Cahul, Chisinau,
Chisinau*, Dubasari, Edinet, Gagauzia**, Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca, Tighina,
Ungheni |
| Independence: |
27 August 1991 (from Soviet
Union) |
| National
holiday: |
Independence Day, 27 August
(1991) |
| Constitution: |
new constitution adopted 28 July 1994;
replaces old Soviet constitution of 1979 |
| Legal
system: |
based on civil law system;
Constitutional Court reviews legality of legislative acts and governmental
decisions of resolution; it is unclear if Moldova accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction but accepts many UN and Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) documents |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age;
universal |
| Executive
branch: |
chief of state:
President Vladimir VORONIN (since 4 April 2001)
head of
government: Prime Minister Vasile TARLEV (since 15 April 2001), three
Deputy Prime Ministers: Valerian CRISTEA, Andrei CUCU, and Dmitri TODOROGLO (all
since 19 April 2001)
cabinet: selected by prime minister, subject
to approval of Parliament
elections: president elected by
Parliament for a four-year term; election last held 4 April 2001; presidential
elections were scheduled for December 2000, but in July 2000, Parliament
canceled direct popular elections; Parliament's failure to chose a new president
in December 2000 led to early parliamentary elections (moved up a year to
February 2001); according to the Moldovan constitution, the president, on
consulting with Parliament, will designate a candidate for the office of prime
minister; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate will
request a vote of confidence from the Parliament regarding his/her work program
and entire cabinet; prime minister designated on 15 April 2001, cabinet received
vote of confidence on 19 April 2001
election results: Vladimir
VORONIN elected president; parliamentary votes - Vladimir VORONIN 71, Dumitru
BRAGHIS 15, Valerian CHRISTEA 3; Vasile TARLEV elected Prime Minister;
parliamentary votes of confidence - 75 of
101 |
| Legislative
branch: |
unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul
(101 seats; parties and electoral blocs, as well as independent candidates,
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last
held 25 February 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results:
percent of vote by party - PCM 50.1%, Braghis Alliance 13.4%, PPCD 8.2%, other
parties 28.3%; seats by party - PCM 71, Braghis Alliance 19, PPCD
11 |
| Judicial
branch: |
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
(the sole authority for constitutional
judicature) |
| Political
parties and leaders: |
Braghis Alliance [Dumitru BRAGHIS];
Popular Christian Democratic Party or PPCD [Iurie ROSCA]; Communist Party or PCM
[Vladimir VORONIN, first chairman] |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders: |
NA |
| International organization participation: |
ACCT, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI, CIS,
EAPC, EBRD, ECE, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO
(correspondent), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer) |
| Diplomatic
representation in the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Ceslav CIOBANU
chancery: 2101 S Street
NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202)
667-1130
FAX: [1] (202)
667-1204 |
| Diplomatic
representation from the US: |
chief of mission:
Ambassador Rudolf Vilem PERINA
embassy: Strada
Alexei Mateevicie, #103, Chisinau 2009
mailing address: use
embassy street address; pouch address - American Embassy Chisinau, Department of
State, Washington, DC 20521-7080
telephone: [373] (2)
23-37-72
FAX: [373] (2)
23-30-44 |
| Flag
description: |
same color scheme as Romania - three
equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of
flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons
carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons
and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided
horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all
in black-outlined yellow | Source: World Factbook |
