President of Moldova

The president of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Președintele Republicii Moldova) is the head of state of Moldova. The current president of Moldova is Maia Sandu since 24 December 2020.

President of Moldova Președinte al Republicii Moldova
Standard of the President
Incumbent Maia Sandu since 24 December 2020
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Presidential Palace
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Ion Inculeț (Bessarabia era) Mircea Snegur (Republic of Moldova)
Formation	3 September 1990
Salary	9,264 USD annually
Website	presedinte.md/eng

List

Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)

Party

  Bessarabian Peasants' Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
1		Ion Inculeț (1884–1940)	December 15 [O.S. December 2] 1917	April 9 [O.S. March 27] 1918	Bessarabian Peasants' Party

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1991)

First secretaries of the Moldavian Communist Party

• Piotr Borodin (2 August 1940 – 11 February 1942) (in exile in Russian SFSR from June 1941)
• Nikita Salogor (13 February 1942 – 5 January 1946) (in exile in Russian SFSR until August 1944) (acting)
• Nicolae Coval (5 January 1946 – July 1950)
• Leonid Brezhnev (26 July 1950 – 25 October 1952)
• Dimitri Gladki (25 October 1952 – 8 February 1954)
• Zinovie Serdiuk (8 February 1954 – 29 May 1961)
• Ivan Bodiul (29 May 1961 – 22 December 1980)
• Semion Grossu (22 December 1980 – 16 December 1989)
• Petru Lucinschi (16 November 1989 – 5 February 1991)
• Grigore Eremei (5 February – August 1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

Party

  PCM

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
1		Mircea Snegur (1940–2023)	27 April 1990	3 September 1990	Communist Party of Moldova

Republic of Moldova (1991–present)

Parties

  PDAM   PCRM   PL   PLDM   PDM   PSRM   PAS   Independent

Status

  Acting President

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Office term		Cabinets	Election	Prior office	Political party
1		Mircea Snegur (1940–2023)	3 September 1990	15 January 1997	Druc (1990–91)	1991	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR	Independent
			6 years, 134 days (Lost re-election campaign)		Muravschi (1991–92)
					Sangheli I (1992–94)
					Sangheli II (1994–97)
2		Petru Lucinschi (born 1940)	15 January 1997	7 April 2001	Ciubuc I (1997–98)	1996	2nd President of the Parliament	Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova
			4 years, 82 days (Opted out of second term in office)		Ciubuc II (1998–99)
					Sturza (1999)
					Braghiș (1999–2001)
3		Vladimir Voronin (born 1941)	7 April 2001	11 September 2009	Tarlev I (2001–05)	2001 (indirect) 2005 (indirect)	Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR	Party of Communists
			8 years, 157 days (Resigned)		Tarlev II (2005–08)
					Greceanîi I (2008–09)
					Greceanîi II (2009)
–		Mihai Ghimpu (born 1951) Acting President	11 September 2009	28 December 2010	Filat I (2009–11)	—	8th President of the Parliament	Liberal Party (Alliance for European Integration)
–		Vlad Filat (born 1969) Acting President	28 December 2010	30 December 2010		—	8th Prime Minister of Moldova	Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration)
–		Marian Lupu (born 1966) Acting President	30 December 2010	23 March 2012	Filat II (2011–13)	—	6th and 9th President of the Parliament	Democratic Party (Alliance for European Integration)
4		Nicolae Timofti (born 1948)	23 March 2012	23 December 2016	Filat II (2011–13)	2011–12 (indirect)	Chairman of the Supreme Magistrate Council	Independent (Alliance for European Integration)
					Leancă (2013–15)
			4 years, 275 days (Opted out of second term in office)		Gaburici (2015)
					Streleț (2015)
					Filip (2016–19)
5		Igor Dodon (born 1975)	23 December 2016	24 December 2020		2016	First Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova;Minister of Economy and Trade	Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova
			4 years, 1 day (Lost re-election campaign)		Sandu (2019)
					Chicu (2019–20)
6		Maia Sandu (born 1972)	24 December 2020	Incumbent		2020	13th Prime Minister of Moldova	Party of Action and Solidarity
			3 years, 338 days		Gavrilița (2021–2023)
					Recean (2023–)