President of Moldova

The **president of the Republic of Moldova** () is the head of state of Moldova. The current president of Moldova is Maia Sandu since 24 December 2020.

### Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918)

- Party

|No.|Portrait|Name|Took office|Left office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Ion Inculeț|||Bessarabian Peasants' Party||

#### First secretaries of the Moldavian Communist Party

- Piotr Borodin (2 August 1940 – 11 February 1942)
- Nikita Salogor (13 February 1942 – 5 January 1946)  (acting)
- Nicolae Coval (5 January 1946 – July 1950)
- Leonid Brezhnev (26 July 1950 – 25 October 1952)
- Dimitri Gladki (25 October 1952 – 8 February 1954)
- Zinovie Serdiuk (8 February 1954 – 29 May 1961)
- Ivan Bodiul (29 May 1961 – 22 December 1980)
- Semion Grossu (22 December 1980 – 16 December 1989)
- Petru Lucinschi (16 November 1989 – 5 February 1991)
- Grigore Eremei (5 February – August 1991)

#### Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

- Party

|No.|Portrait|Name|Took office|Left office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Mircea Snegur|27 April 1990|3 September 1990|Communist Party of Moldova||

### Republic of Moldova (1991–present)

- Parties

- Status

|#|Portrait|Name|colspan="2"|Office term|Cabinets|Election|Prior office|Political party|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|Mircea Snegur|3 September 1990|15 January 1997|Druc <small>(1990–91)</small>|rowspan="4"|1991|rowspan="4"|Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR|rowspan="4"|Independent|||
|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|_(Lost re-election campaign)_|Muravschi <small>(1991–92)</small>|||||||||||||
|Sangheli I <small>(1992–94)</small>|||||||||||||||
|Sangheli II <small>(1994–97)</small>|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|Petru Lucinschi|15 January 1997|7 April 2001|Ciubuc I <small>(1997–98)</small>|rowspan="4"|1996|rowspan="4"|2nd President of the Parliament|rowspan="4"|Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova|||
|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|_(Opted out of second term in office)_|Ciubuc II <small>(1998–99)</small>|||||||||||||
|Sturza <small>(1999)</small>|||||||||||||||
|Braghiș <small>(1999–2001)</small>|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|Vladimir Voronin|7 April 2001|11 September 2009|Tarlev I <small>(2001–05)</small>|rowspan="4"|2001 2005|rowspan="4"|Minister of Internal Affairs of the Moldavian SSR|rowspan="4"|Party of Communists|||
|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|_(Resigned)_|Tarlev II <small>(2005–08)</small>|||||||||||||
|Greceanîi I <small>(2008–09)</small>|||||||||||||||
|Greceanîi II <small>(2009)</small>|||||||||||||||
||Mihai Ghimpu|11 September 2009|28 December 2010|rowspan="2"|Filat I <small>(2009–11)</small>|—|8th President of the Parliament|Liberal Party|||||||
||Vlad Filat|28 December 2010|30 December 2010|—|8th Prime Minister of Moldova|Liberal Democratic Party|||||||||
||Marian Lupu|30 December 2010|23 March 2012|Filat II <small>(2011–13)</small>|—|6th and 9th President of the Parliament|Democratic Party||||||||
|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|Nicolae Timofti|rowspan="2"|23 March 2012|rowspan="2"|23 December 2016|Filat II <small>(2011–13)</small>|rowspan="5"|2011–12|rowspan="5"|Chairman of the Supreme Magistrate Council|rowspan="5"|Independent|
|Leancă <small>(2013–15)</small>|||||||||||||||
|colspan="2" rowspan="3"|_(Opted out of second_ _term in office)_|Gaburici <small>(2015)</small>|||||||||||||
|Streleț <small>(2015)</small>|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Filip <small>(2016–19)</small>||||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Igor Dodon|23 December 2016|24 December 2020|rowspan="3"|2016|rowspan="3"|First Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova;Minister of Economy and Trade|rowspan="3"|Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova||||
|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|_(Lost re-election campaign)_|Sandu <small>(2019)</small>|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Chicu <small>(2019–20)</small>||||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Maia Sandu|24 December 2020|Incumbent|rowspan="3"|2020|rowspan="3"|13th Prime Minister of Moldova|rowspan="3"|Party of Action and Solidarity||||
|colspan="2" rowspan="3"||Gavrilița <small>(2021–2023)</small>|||||||||||||
|Recean <small>(2023–)</small>|||||||||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: Moldova
- **insignia**: Flag of the President of Moldova.svgborder
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Flag of Moldova, Standard of the President
- **image**: President Maia Sandu 2024.jpg
- **incumbent**: Maia Sandu
- **incumbentsince**: 24 December 2020
- **style**: His/Her Excellency
- **residence**: Presidential Palace, Chișinău, Presidential Palace
- **appointer**: Direct election, Popular vote
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **formation**: 3 September 1990
- **inaugural**: Ion Inculeț (Moldavian Democratic Republic, Bessarabia era)
Mircea Snegur (Republic of Moldova)
- **salary**: 9,264 USD annually