Capitalenom: Chisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian)
note: pronounced KEE-shee-now (KIH-shi-nyev)
coordonnées géographiques: 47 00 N, 28 51 E
différence de temps: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Fête de l'Indépendance27 Aoüt 1991 (from the Soviet Union) Constitutionadopted 29 Juillet 1994; effective 27 Aoüt 1994; note - replaced 1979 Soviet Constitution Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur18 ans; universal Pouvoir exécutifchef d'état (Président): Président Nicolae TIMOFTI (depuis 23 March 2012)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Vladimir FILAT (depuis 25 September 2009); reelected/confirmed on 14 January 2011
cabinet: Cabinet selected by president, subject to approval of Parliament
elections: president elected by Parliament for a four-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 16 March 2012 (next to be held in March 2016); note - prime minister designated by the president upon consultation with Parliament; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate must request a vote of confidence from the Parliament regarding his/her work program and entire cabinet; prime minister (re)designated on 31 December 2010; the prime minister and cabinet received a vote of confidence 14 January 2011
election results: Nicolae TIMOFTI elected president; parliamentary votes - 62 of 101 votes Vladimir FILAT (re)designated prime minister; parliamentary votes of confidence - 59 of 101 |
