Snegur, Mircea (1940– )

Moldovan politician, chair of the Party of Resurrection, president of Moldova 1990–96 and leader of the opposition from 1996.

He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) 1964–90. He worked as an agronomist and manager of state collective farms 1967–71 and then for the ministry of agriculture 1971–78. He rose through the ranks of the Communist Party of Moldova to become secretary of its central committee 1985–89. He became chair of the Supreme Soviet of Moldova in 1990.