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)]]


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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Alfredo Palacio
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | President of Ecuador
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In office
 
April 20, 2005 – January 15, 2007
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! style="text-align:left;" | Vice President
| Alejandro Serrano
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Lucio Gutiérrez
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Rafael Correa
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" |Vice President of Ecuador
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In office

January 15, 2003 – April 20, 2005
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Pedro Pinto Rubianes
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Alejandro Serrano
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Minister of Health
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In office
 
November 11, 1994 – August 10, 1996
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Patricio Abad
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
| Marcelo Cruz
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
| Luis Alfredo Palacio González
January 22, 1939 (age 75)
Ecuador
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! style="text-align:left;" | Nationality
| Ecuadorian
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
| Independent
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! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
| María Beatriz Paret
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! style="text-align:left;" | Alma mater
| Case Western Reserve University
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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="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Party political offices
|- style="text-align:center;"
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semion_Grossu Semion Grossu]
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | First secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova
 
November 16, 1989 – February 4, 1991
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigore_Eremei Grigore Eremei]
|- 
! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;" | Political offices
|- style="text-align:center;"
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" |Preceded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Snegur Mircea Snegur]
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | President of the Republic of Moldova
 
1997–2001
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="2" | Succeeded by
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Voronin Vladimir Voronin]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}