Mihai Ghimpu

Mihai Ghimpu
Ghimpu in 2009
President of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
27 July 2025
Preceded byDorin Chirtoacă
In office
5 January 1998 – 1 December 2018
Preceded byAnatol Șalaru (as Leader of the Reform Party)
Succeeded byDorin Chirtoacă
Acting President of Moldova
In office
11 September 2009 – 28 December 2010
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Vlad Filat
Preceded byVladimir Voronin
Succeeded byVlad Filat
8th President of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
28 August 2009 – 28 December 2010
PresidentVladimir Voronin
Himself (acting)
Prime MinisterZinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Vlad Filat
Deputy
Preceded byVladimir Voronin
Succeeded byMarian Lupu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
22 April 2009 – 9 March 2019
Parliamentary groupLiberal Party
In office
10 March 1990 – 9 April 1998
Parliamentary groupPopular Front
ConstituencyChișinău
Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council
In office
22 June 2007 – 5 April 2009
President of the Chișinău Municipal Council
In office
11 November 2007 – 6 June 2008
Succeeded byEduard Mușuc
Personal details
Born (1951-11-19) 19 November 1951
Citizenship Moldova
 Romania
PartyPopular Front (1990–1993)
Liberal Party (1993–present)
Other political
affiliations
Bloc of the Intellectuals (1994)
Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
SpouseDina Ghimpu
RelativesGheorghe Ghimpu (brother)
Dorin Chirtoacă (nephew)
Simion Ghimpu (brother)
Alma materMoldova State University
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania, 1st Class
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Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as President of the Moldovan Parliament and Acting President of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2019. Ghimpu held the position of leader of Liberal Party (PL) from 1998 to 2018.