Zinaida Greceanîi

Prime Minister of Moldova
In office
31 March 2008 – 14 September 2009

President : Vladimir Voronin
Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)

Deputy : Igor Dodon

Preceded by : Vasile Tarlev

Succeeded by : Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)

Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2009

Born : 7 February 1956 (age 53)
Tomsk, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Political party: Party of Communists

Alma mater : Moldova State University

Religion : Eastern Orthodoxy

Zinaida Greceanîi or Zinaida Grecianii (born February 7 1956[1]) Zinaida Petrovna Grechanaya) is a Moldovan politician. She is a member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova[2] and was the Prime Minister of Moldova between 31 March 2008[1][3] and 14 September 2009. She is Moldova’s first female Prime Minister[3] and is the second female Communist head of government in Europe, the first having been Premier Milka Planinc of Yugoslavia.[4]