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molDoVa*

H.E. DORIN CIMIL,
Chairman, CEC

part i tify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is
virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify
CoUNtrY ProfiLE Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%,
Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%,
1. Country Name Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014
MOLDOVA est.)

2. Official Name 12. Literacy Levels
Republic of Moldova Adult literacy rate - 99.14%.
Male literacy rate - 99.37%,
3. Government Females literacy rate 98.92%
Parliamentary Republic
part ii
4. Head of the Government
Prime Minister – Ion Chicu LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

5. Head of the State LEGISLATURE
President – Igor Dodon
1. Structure of National Legislature
6. Capital Unicameral
Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian)
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
7. Currency Parliament
Moldovan leu
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) nominated
Moldovan 75.1%, Romanian 7%, Ukrainian 6.6%, Through closed-list proportional representation
Gagauz 4.6%, Russian 4.1%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other system, 101 members are elected in the Parlament
0.8% (2014 est.)
(Parliament).
9. Date of Independence and from which Country 4. Popular House
27 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Parlament
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 5. Type of Electoral System
Previous 1978; latest adopted 29 July 1994, effec- Proportional Representation
tive 27 August 1994

11. Language (s)
Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% iden-

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