Maia Sandu
| Maia Sandu | |
|---|---|
| 6th President of Moldova From: 24 December 2020 – present | |
| Vice President | None |
| Predecessor | Igor Dodon |
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) |
| Prime Minister of Moldova From: 8 June 2019 – 14 November 2019 | |
| Predecessor | Pavel Filip |
| Successor | Ion Chicu |
| Information | |
| Party | Independent |
Maia Sandu is the current (2019-) president of Moldova. She defeated pro-Russian Igor Dodon in the 2019 presidential elections. She supports unification with Romania (of Moldovia), has Romanian citizenship and said about fascist dictator and Nazi collaborator Romanian Captain and Marshal Ion Antonescu that he was "a historical figure about whom we may say both good and bad things", triggering negative reactions of complain from the Jewish community of the country.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center asked Sandu in April 2023 to demolish two monuments honoring Romanian anti-Semites and Nazi collaborators and commemorating events that led to massacres.[1]
In June 2023 Sandu banned the Sor Party for its opposition to the EU and reunification with Romania and its advocacy for normalization of relations with Russia.[2]
References
- ↑ The Wiesenthal Center appealed to Moldovan President Maia Sandu to demolish anti-Semitic and Nazi monuments, Topwar, April 17, 2023.
- ↑ Maia Sandu goes full Hitler as Moldova descends into chaos, by Jyotiraditya Raj Dwivedi, TFIGlobal, July 3, 2023.