Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in the post-Soviet states. It has been variously described as communist, Moldovenist, populist, Russophile, and pro-Soviet.
Vladimir Voronin was President of Moldova and the party's most prominent personality.
Vladimir Voronin is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the leader of the Party of Communists of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He was Europe's first democratically elected communist party head of state after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.
Voronin in 2014
Voronin with Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev in Moscow in 2001
Voronin with Donald Rumsfeld
Voronin at a meeting with Medvedev and Smirnov in Barvikha on 18 February 2009, at which Transnistria issues were discussed