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'''Andrei Safonov''' ({{lang-ru|Андре́й Миха́йлович Сафо́нов}}; born 6 June 1964) is a [[politician]] from [[Transnistria]]. He lives in [[Bender, Moldova|Bender]], Transnistria's second largest city.
'''Andrei Safonov''' ({{langx|ru|Андре́й Миха́йлович Сафо́нов}}; born 6 June 1964) is a [[politician]] from [[Transnistria]]. He lives in [[Bender, Moldova|Bender]], Transnistria's second largest city.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


He ran for president against [[incumbent]] [[president]] [[Igor Smirnov]] in the [[Transnistrian presidential election, 2006|election]] held on December 10, 2006, and came in third place with 3.9% of the vote.<ref>[http://regnum.ru/english/754729.html Transdnestr Central Election Commission announces final results on presidential election] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223849/http://regnum.ru/english/754729.html |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>
Safonov ran for president against [[incumbent]] [[president of Transnistria|president]] [[Igor Smirnov (politician)|Igor Smirnov]] in the [[2006 Transnistrian presidential election|election]] held on December 10, 2006, and came third with 3.9% of the vote.<ref>[http://regnum.ru/english/754729.html Transdnestr Central Election Commission announces final results on presidential election] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223849/http://regnum.ru/english/754729.html |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>


He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the [[Moldavian SSR|MSSR]] (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic), within the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, September 2, 1990, he founded the official news agency ''Olvia Press''. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called ''Novaia Gazeta''.
He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the [[Moldavian SSR|MSSR]] (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic), within the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, September 2, 1990, he founded the official news agency ''Olvia Press''. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called ''Novaia Gazeta''.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://novaiagazeta.org.ru/modules/news/ Novaia Gazeta]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Russian)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060421160728/http://novaiagazeta.org.ru/modules/news/ Novaia Gazeta] (in Russian)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312050919/http://www.tiraspoltimes.com:80/node/232 Tiraspol Times: "Outspoken Smirnov-critic Safonov launches presidential bid"] (in English)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312050919/http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/node/232 Tiraspol Times: "Outspoken Smirnov-critic Safonov launches presidential bid"] (in English)


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Latest revision as of 00:14, 6 November 2024

Andrei Safonov
Андрей Сафонов
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
1990–1994
Personal details
Born (1964-06-06) June 6, 1964 (age 60)
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
ProfessionJournalist

Andrei Safonov (Russian: Андре́й Миха́йлович Сафо́нов; born 6 June 1964) is a politician from Transnistria. He lives in Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.

Biography

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Safonov ran for president against incumbent president Igor Smirnov in the election held on December 10, 2006, and came third with 3.9% of the vote.[1]

He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the MSSR (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic), within the USSR. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, September 2, 1990, he founded the official news agency Olvia Press. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called Novaia Gazeta.

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