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Galina Dodon

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Galina Dodon
Dodon in 2018
First Lady of Moldova
In role
23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020
PresidentIgor Dodon
Preceded byMargareta Timofti
Personal details
Born (1977-02-12) 12 February 1977 (age 47)
Molovata, Dubăsari District, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
SpouseIgor Dodon (m. 1999)
Children3
ProfessionAccountant
WebsiteOfficial 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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Dodon with her husband and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin
Dodon with Putin during the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony

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

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  1. ^ "12 February 1977". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "06 September 1999 - 19 June 2001 – Accountant, Company "Beton armat"".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Ce nu știai despre prima doamnă a Republicii Moldova, Galina Dodon".
  6. ^ "02 March 2012 - Financial Director of Company "Exclusiv Media"". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ^ "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.