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Revision as of 18:47, 23 September 2006 by William Mauco (talk | contribs) (Andrey Saforov stub)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Andrey Saforov, is a politician and presidential candidate from Transnistria. He lives in Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.
He has announced his intention to run for the presidency in the December 10, 2006, against incumbent president Igor Smirnov.
He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the MSSR (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, within the USSR. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, September 2, 1990, he founded the offical news agency Olvia Press. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post which he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called Novaia Gazeta.
References
- "Outspoken Smirnov-critic Safonov launches presidential bid" Tiraspol Times and Weekly Review
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