President of Transnistria

The president of Transnistria is the highest elected official of Transnistria. The president of the republic is the country's head of state and is also commander in chief of its armed forces.

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Native names Romanian: Președintele Republicii Moldovenești Nistrene Moldovan Cyrillic: Прешединтеле Републичий Молдовенешть Нистрене Russian: Президент Приднестровской Молдавской Республики Ukrainian: Президент Придністровської Молдавської Республіки
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Vadim Krasnoselsky since 16 December 2016
Residence	Tiraspol
Term length	5 years
Formation	3 December 1991 (1991-12-03)
First holder	Igor Smirnov
Deputy	Vice President (1990–2011) Prime Minister (2012–present)
Website	president.gospmr.org

List

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Election	Vice president(s)	Prime minister(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Igor Smirnov (born 1941)	3 December 1991	30 December 2011	20 years, 27 days	Independent Republic	1991 1996 2001 2006	Alexandru Caraman (1990 – 2001) Sergey Leontiev (2001 – 2006) Aleksandr Korolyov (2006 – 2011)	Office not established
2		Yevgeny Shevchuk (born 1968)	30 December 2011	16 December 2016	4 years, 352 days	Independent	2011	Office abolished	Pyotr Stepanov (2012–2013) Tatiana Turanskaya (2013–2015) Maya Parnas (2015) Tatiana Turanskaya (2015) Maya Parnas (2015) Pyotr Stepanov (2015–2016)
3		Vadim Krasnoselsky (born 1970)	16 December 2016	Incumbent	7 years, 353 days	Obnovlenie Independent	2016 2021	Office abolished	Aleksandr Martynov (since 2016)