Ivan Calin (10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldovan agronomist-scholar, political scientist, diplomat and politician.[1]
Biography
Calin was born in the small village of Plot in Rîbnița District, then in Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Calin was President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 10 April 1980 to 24 December 1985. Following this he became prime minister of the Moldavian SSR until 10 January 1990.
He was elected as member of the Parliament of Moldova in the 1998 election, 2005 election, April 2009 election and July 2009 election.
Until the speaker was elected, the plenary meetings of the Moldovan Parliament were chaired by the oldest MP, making Calin the acting speaker from 5 to 12 May 2009.
Awards
References
- ^ Pascaru, Vlad (2003). Elita politică a Moldovei (in Russian). Universul. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Decretul nr. 2259 din 10 martie 2005 privind conferirea "Ordinului Republicii" domnului Ivan CALIN
- Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească, 1970–1977.
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