Mihail Kendighelean is a Gagauz politician in the Republic of Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

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Biography

He was born on October 4, 1941 in Congaz

Congaz

Congaz is a commune and village in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 12,327 people. Gagauz total 11,849...

 in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit

Gagauzia

Gagauzia , formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Găgăuzia , is an autonomous region of...

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In 1990 he was head of the Gagauz Supreme Soviet and along with President Stepan Topal

Stepan Topal

Stepan Mikhailovich Topal is a Gagauz politician from Moldova. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Governor of Gagauzia.-Leader of Gagauzia's separatist movement:By training, Topal is a road engineer...

led the Gagauz areas in a declaration of independence from Moldova. Gagauzia was functionally independent from Moldava until 1994. After negotiations it gained regional autonomy. From 1999 to 2002 Kendighelean was Chairman of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia.