Petru Lucinschi

Petru Lucinschi
Lucinschi in 2012
2nd President of Moldova
In office
15 January 1997  7 April 2001
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
Ion Ciubuc
Ion Sturza
Dumitru Braghiş
Preceded byMircea Snegur
Succeeded byVladimir Voronin
President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
4 February 1993  9 January 1997
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterAndrei Sangheli
DeputyDumitru Moțpan
Nicolae Andronic
Dumitru Diacov
Preceded byAlexandru Moșanu
Succeeded byDumitru Moțpan
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
17 April 1990  9 January 1997
Succeeded byPetru Agachi
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Agrarian Party
ConstituencyBriceni
1st Moldovan Ambassador to Russia
In office
6 April 1992  3 February 1993
PresidentMircea Snegur
Prime MinisterValeriu Muravschi
Andrei Sangheli
Succeeded byAnatol Țăranu
First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party
In office
16 November 1989  4 February 1991
PremierIvan Calin
Petru Pascari
Mircea Druc
Preceded bySemion Grossu
Succeeded byGrigore Eremei
Personal details
Born (1940-01-27) 27 January 1940
Rădulenii Vechi, Kingdom of Romania
Citizenship Moldova
 Romania
Political partyAgrarian Party of Moldova
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1991)
Spouse
(m. 1965; died 2005)
ChildrenChiril, Sergiu
Alma materMoldova State University
ProfessionPolitician

Petru Lucinschi (Romanian: [ˈpetru luˈtʃinski]; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President from 1997 to 2001. He currently serves as the founder and head of the Lucinschi Foundation of Strategic Studies and International Relations.