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==External links== |
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*[http://novaiagazeta.org.ru/modules/news/ Novaia Gazeta] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060421160728/http://novaiagazeta.org.ru/modules/news/ Novaia Gazeta] (in Russian) |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312050919/http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/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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Revision as of 18:52, 16 August 2017
Andrei Safonov | |
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| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 1990–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1964 Chişinău, Moldavian SSR |
| Profession | Journalist |
Andrei Safonov (Template:Lang-ru; born 6 June 1964) is a politician from Transnistria. He lives in Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.
Biography
He ran for president against incumbent president Igor Smirnov in the election held on December 10, 2006, and came in third place 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.
References
- ^ Transdnestr Central Election Commission announces final results on presidential election Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Novaia Gazeta (in Russian)
- Tiraspol Times: "Outspoken Smirnov-critic Safonov launches presidential bid" (in English)
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