Moldovan local election, 2007
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Local elections were held in Moldova
on June 3, 2007, with a runoff
for mayors on June 17, 2007.
Voter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chişinău
municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.
Dorin Chirtoacă
became mayor of Chişinău
.
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...
on June 3, 2007, with a runoff
Two-round system
The two-round system is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate...
for mayors on June 17, 2007.
Voter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.
Dorin Chirtoacă
Dorin Chirtoaca
- Biography :His mother is Valentina, sister of Gheorghe Ghimpu and Mihai Ghimpu. During high school he studied in Iaşi and graduated in 2001 from University of Bucharest. Between 2001 and 2003 Chirtoacă worked for Surprize, Surprize , a show broadcast on TVR1...
became mayor of Chişinău
Mayor of Chişinău
The Mayor of Chişinău is head of the executive branch of Chişinău City Council.- History :The first mayor of Chişinău was Anghel Nour in 1817. In 1941, the office was abolished. After the Soviet era and the re-establishment of the office in 1990, Nicolae Costin became the first democratically...
.