The first President celebrated his 80th anniversary

The first President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov celebrates his 80th birthday. The PMR Supreme Council Chairman Alexander Korshunov congratulated Igor Nikolaevich on his birthday On behalf of the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

There are many glorious pages in the biography of the First President of Pridnestrovie. He began his career at the Electric Machine-Building Plant in the city of Novaya Kakhovka. Graduated from the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute. Director of the Tiraspol plant "Elektromash" since 1987, was a member of the Parliament of the Moldavian USSR. He was one of the leaders of the United Council of Labor Collectives when nationalist sentiments became strong in Soviet Moldova in 1989, which coordinated the struggle for the rights of the Russian-speaking population, was persecuted by Chisinau and was even captured and sent to prison. Igor Smirnov together with his associates is one of the founders of our state. Republic in which people of different nationalities and speakers of different languages ​​were united by a common fate on their land was created with the support of residents of cities and districts.

Igor Smirnov was elected Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Council of the PMSSR at the II Congress of Pridnestrovian deputies of all levels on September 2, 1990 in Tiraspol, when the formation of the PMR was proclaimed. He was elected its Chairman, then - Chairman of the Republic in November 1990, after the elections of the Supreme Soviet of the PMSSR.

The first presidential elections were held in Pridnestrovie in 1991. Igor Smirnov won them and headed the republic for 20 years. He led the defense of Pridnestrovie during the aggression of the Republic of Moldova in 1992, signed an agreement on the principles of a peaceful settlement.

Currently, Igor Smirnov is the Chairman of the Advisory Assembly of the first Pridnestrovian deputies under the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the PMR, participates in plenary sessions of the Supreme Council and in the life of the state.

Igor Smirnov - Doctor of Economics, Professor. The Academy of Natural Sciences of the Russian Federation was awarded the 1st degree Cross "For Service to the Fatherland". Author of the book "Living in Our Land", which was awarded the 2001 International Prize M.A. Sholokhov. He was awarded the government awards of the USSR and the highest award of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic - the "Order of the Republic", as well as the order "For personal courage".