Vladimir Voronin

His Excellency Vladimir Voronin
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 5 April 2009 – 24 February 2019
In office 22 March 1998 – 7 April 2001
7th President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 12 May 2009 – 28 August 2009
President	Himself
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Marian Lupu
Succeeded by	Mihai Ghimpu
3rd President of Moldova
In office 7 April 2001 – 11 September 2009
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi
Preceded by	Petru Lucinschi
Succeeded by	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 17 February 1989 – 24 May 1990
Prime Minister	Ivan Calin Petru Pascari
Preceded by	Gheorghe Lavranciuc
Succeeded by	Ion Costaș
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Nikolayevich Voronin (1941-05-25) 25 May 1941 Corjova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)
Political party	Communist Party (Before 1991) Party of Communists (1993–present)
Spouse(s)	Taisia
Children	Oleg Valentina
Alma mater	Cooperation College All-Union Institute for Food Industry Academy of Social Sciences Soviet Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Vladimir Voronin (Romanian pronunciation: [vladiˈmir voˈronin]; born May 25, 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994.

He was Europe's first democratically elected communist party head of state after the end of the Eastern Bloc.