Editing Petru Lucinschi

[[File:Piccy.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left|Petru Lucinschi gives a talk entitled "The Evolution of Multiculturalism Policy in Europe", (Berlin, December 17th - 21st, 2013)]]

Petru Chiril Lucinschi was Moldova’s second President.

== Biography ==

From 1971 Lucinschi was a member of the Executive Committee (Politburo) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Moldavian SSR. From 1978 to 1989 he was the first secretary of the Chişinău branch of the Communist Party of Moldova. In 1978 he worked for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, where he remained until 1986. From 1986 to 1989 Lucinschi was second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. Upon his return to  the Moldavian SSR in 1989 he became first secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova. He was Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament throughout the 1990s.

== Further Information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47Ceppmyms ICD - "The Evolution of Multiculturalism Policy in Europe"  A lecture by President Petru Lucinschi, Former President of Republic of Moldova  The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013 "Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community" (Berlin; December 17th - 21st, 2013)]

== External Links and References ==

[http://www.cd-n.org/index.php?the-hon-dr-petru-lucinschi ICD webpage profile and video ]
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-! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Petru Lucinschi
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | 2nd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Moldova President of Moldova]
-|-
-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In office
-January 15, 1997 – April 7, 2001
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Prime Minister(s)
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Ciubuc Ion Ciubuc]<br>
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serafim_Urechean Serafim Urechean]<br>
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Sturza Ion Sturza]<br>
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumitru_Braghi%C5%9F Dumitru Braghiș]<br>
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Snegur Mircea Snegur]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Voronin Vladimir Voronin]
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | First secretary of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Moldova Communist Party of Moldova]
-|-
-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In office
-November 16, 1989 – February 4, 1991
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semion_Grossu Semion Grossu]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigore_Eremei Grigore Eremei]
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Born
-| 27 January 1940 (age 74)
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%83dulenii_Vechi Rădulenii Vechi] village, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flore%C5%9Fti_district Soroca County], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania Romania]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Nationality
-| Romanian
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Party_of_Moldova Agrarian Party of Moldova]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
-| Antonina Lucinschi ( -2006)
-|}
 Petru Chiril Lucinschi was Moldova’s second President.