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Ivan Calin

1935 – 2012

Moldovan politician

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About Ivan Calin

Lived 1935 – 2012 (aged 76). Ivan Calin was a Russian and Moldovan economist, politician, diplomat, university teacher, agronomist and political scientist.

Ivan Calin (10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldovan agronomist-scholar, political scientist, diplomat and politician.

Biography Calin was born in the small village of Plopi in Rîbnița District, then in Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Calin was President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 10 April 1980 to 24 December 1985. Following this he became prime minister of the Moldavian SSR until 10 January 1990.

He was elected as member of the Parliament of Moldova in the 1998 election, 2005 election, April 2009 election and July 2009 election.

Until the speaker was elected, the plenary meetings of the Moldovan Parliament were chaired by the oldest MP, making Calin the acting speaker from 5 to 12 May 2009.

Awards Order of Lenin Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Republic

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU, State Agrarian University of Moldova
Positions held
Member of the Parliament of Moldova, Substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President of the Moldovan Parliament
Awards
Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"; Order of the Republic
Also known as
Ivan Petrovich Calin

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ivan Calin's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivan Calin?

Moldovan politician (1935-2012)

When was Ivan Calin born?

Ivan Calin was born on 10 March 1935 in Plopi.

When did Ivan Calin die?

Ivan Calin died on 2 January 2012 in Chișinău.

What was Ivan Calin's occupation?

Ivan Calin was an economist, politician, diplomat, university teacher, agronomist and political scientist.

What nationality was Ivan Calin?

Ivan Calin was Russian and Moldovan.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Calin

· Wikidata: Q934937

· DBpedia: Ivan Calin

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