Irina Vlah

Irina Vlah (Romanian: Irina Vlah, Gagauz: İrina Vlah, Russian: Ирина Фёдоровна Влах, romanized: Irina Fyodorovna Vlah; born 26 February 1974) is a Moldovan politician. She served as member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova from 2005 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2015. Since 15 April 2015 she has been the Governor (Başkan) of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri).[1][2]

Irina Vlah
Vlah in 2021
Governor of Gagauzia
Assumed office
15 April 2015
PresidentNicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
Maia Sandu
Prime Minister
See list
Preceded byMihail Formuzal
Succeeded byEvghenia Guțul
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
17 March 2005 – 30 April 2015
Succeeded byInna Șupac
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Personal details
Born (1974-02-26) 26 February 1974
Comrat, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Moldova)
Political partyParty of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova

According to the polls made in 2019 related to the most popular politicians in Moldova, Irina Vlah is on the 9th position among the top of politicians in which Moldovans have the highest trust.[3][4]

Career

Irina Vlah was born on 26 February 1974 in Comrat into a family of employees. She is of Gagauz and Bulgarian heritage. From 1991 to 1996 she studied at the Comrat State University at the Faculty of Law.

From 2001 to 2008 she was a doctoral student at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and defended her PhD thesis on the topic "The modern concept of the development of the civil service in the Republic of Moldova".

Beginning in 1996, she was a lawyer at a tax inspectorate, and from 2003-2005, she was Head of the Legal Department of the Executive Committee of Gagauzia.

Political activities

From 2010-2014, she was a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. From 2010 to January 2015, she was a member of the Political Executive Committee of the PCRM.

In 2010, she tried her hand at the elections in Gagauzia, enlisting the support of one-third of the voters in the first round.

Governor

On 22 March 2015, Vlah was declared the winner of the 2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial elections, gaining 51% percent of the vote in the first round, becoming the first female to hold a high executive position in the autonomous region. On 15 April, Vlah took the oath of office in Chișinău at the state residence in the presence of President Nicolae Timofti, who signed a decree on confirming Vlah as a cabinet member.[5]

In 2019, she was re-elected as the Governor of Gagauzia with a record (over 90%) number of votes.

On 4 March 2021, she was expelled from the Supreme Security Council.[6]

Honours and accolades
  •  Moldova: Order of Honor (2019)[7]
  •  Russia: Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church"[8](2018)

References
  1. Vitalie Călugăreanu (23 March 2015). "Irina Vlah este noul bașcan al "Gagauz-Yeri": "Sunt gata să-i propun stabilitate Chișinăului!"". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. I. C. (23 March 2015). "Candidatul susținut fățiș de Rusia, Irina Vlah, a câștigat alegerile din Găgăuzia". HotNews. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. "Partidele care ar ajunge in legislativ daca duminica viitoare ar avea loc alegeri parlamentare. Top trei politicieni care se bucura de cea mai mare incredere. Sondaj iData", protv.md, retrieved February 18, 2019
  4. "Sondaj: Cine sunt politicienii în care moldovenii au cea mai mare încredere", stiri.md, retrieved February 18, 2019
  5. https://www.presedinte.md/eng/presa/guvernatorul-uta-gagauzia-irina-vlaha-depus-juramntul-in-calitate-de-membru-al-guvernului. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Башкан Гагаузии исключена из состава Высшего совета безопасности". noi.md (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=112840&lang=ru. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Патриарх Московский и Всея Руси удостоил башкана юбилейной медали Русской Православной церкви". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  9. "Bashkan of Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia awarded with Friend of Azerbaijan Golden Order". azertac. 25 September 2019.
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