 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Mihail Kendighelean" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Mihail KendigheleanOR | |
|---|---|
| Mihail Kendigelän | |
| President of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia | |
| In office 24 September 1999 – 23 May 2002 | |
| President | Petru Lucinschi Vladimir Voronin |
| Prime Minister | Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev |
| Preceded by | Petru Pașalî |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Kristioglo |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Gagauzia | |
| In office 1 December 1991 – 19 June 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Stepan Topal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-10-04) 4 October 1941 (age 83) Congaz, Kingdom of Romania |
Mihail Kendighelean (Gagauz: Mihail Kendigelän; born 4 October 1941) is a Gagauz politician in the Republic of Moldova.
Biography
He was born on October 4, 1941, in Congaz in what is now the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit.
In 1990 he was head of the Gagauz Supreme Soviet and along with President Stepan Topal led the Gagauz areas to achieve their own state formation that declared itself separate from Moldova. Gagauzia was de facto independent from Moldova until 1995. After negotiations it gained regional autonomy. From 1999 to 2002 Kendighelean was Chairman of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia.
References
- "Information on previous elections for the People's Assembly of Gagauzia". 2008 ATU Gagauzia Elections. Retrieved 10 July 2010.