Irina Vlah
Irina Vlah | |
|---|---|
İrina Vlah | |
Vlah in 2021 | |
| President of the Heart of Moldova Party | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Governor of Gagauzia | |
| In office 15 April 2015 – 19 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mihail Formuzal |
| Succeeded by | Evghenia Guțul |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 17 March 2005 – 30 April 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Inna Șupac |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Communists |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irina Fiodorovna Vlah 26 February 1974 |
| Party | PRIM (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | PCRM (2005–2015) Independent (2015–2024) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Comrat State University Academy of Sciences of Moldova |
| Awards | Order of Honour (2019) |
Irina Fiodorovna Vlah (Gagauz: İrina Vlah; Romanian: Irina Fiodorovna Vlah; Russian: Ирина Фёдоровна Влах, romanized: Irina Fyodorovna Vlakh; born 26 February 1974) is a Moldovan politician. She served as the governor of Gagauzia from 2015 to 2023 and as a member of the Moldovan parliament from 2005 to 2015. She was the first woman to lead the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia.
In 2025, Vlah was subject to sanctions in Canada and was banned from entering Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia due to actions of Russian interference before the 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election, while the Moldovan authorities blocked bank accounts belonging to her. Furthermore, her party, the Heart of Moldova Republican Party (PRIM), which had made part of the Patriotic Electoral Bloc (BEP), was excluded from the election two days before it took place amid illegal financing accussations.