Igor Dodon (b. 18 February 1975, Sadova

Sadova, Călăraşi

Sadova is a commune in Călăraşi district, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Sadova....

, raionul Strășeni

Raionul Straseni

Strășeni is an administrative district in the central part of Moldova. Its administrative center and leading city is Strășeni. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 91,100.The other principal town is Bucovăț, to the north of the Moldovan capital...

, Moldovan SSR, USSR) was a member of the Central Committee of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova. Trained as an economist, he served as the Minister of Trade in the government of Zinaida Greceanîi

Zinaida Greceanîi

Zinaida Greceanîi is a Moldovan politician. She is a member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova and was the Prime Minister of Moldova between 31 March 2008 and 14 September 2009...

 from September 2006 until September 2009.

In 2011, Dodon lost to 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...

in the election for mayor of Chisinau. He took 49.4% of the vote.