Galina Dodon
Galina Dodon | |
|---|---|
 Dodon in 2018 | |
| First Lady of Moldova | |
| In role 23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020 | |
| President | Igor Dodon |
| Preceded by | Margareta Timofti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1977 Molovata, Dubăsari District, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Moldovan |
| Spouse | Igor Dodon (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Website | Official website[dead link] |
Galina Dodon (born 12 February 1977[1]) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016 to 2020.[2]
Biography
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She was born on 12 February 1977 in Molovata in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999,[3] the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel.[4] Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.[5] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012.[6] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media.[7]
Galina and Igor Dodon have three children: Bogdan, Vlad, and Nicolae. Apart from her native language- Romanian, she is also fluent in Russian and English.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "12 February 1977". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Biography of First Lady, Galina Dodon". Presidency of the Republic of Moldova. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ^ "06 September 1999 - 19 June 2001 – Accountant, Company "Beton armat"".
- ^ "Впервые о сокровенном - Галина Додон рассказала о том, каково быть женой президента". bloknot-moldova.md (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ a b "Ce nu știai despre prima doamnă a Republicii Moldova, Galina Dodon".
- ^ "02 March 2012 - Financial Director of Company "Exclusiv Media"". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "The first interview of the first lady. Galina Dodon: I am proud of my husband". Accent TV. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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