Galina Dodon Explained

Galina Dodon
Office1:First Lady of Moldova
President1:Igor Dodon
Term Start1:23 December 2016
Term End1:24 December 2020
Predecessor1:Margareta Timofti
Birth Date:12 February 1977
Birth Place:Molovata, Dubăsari District, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Moldovan
Spouse:Igor Dodon (m. 1999)
Children:3
Profession:Accountant
Term Label1:In role

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.

Biography

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,[2] the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel.[3] Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.[4] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012.[5] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media.[6]

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.[7] [4]

References

  1. Web site: 12 February 1977. 24 July 2017. 5 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305011402/http://www.presedinte.md/eng/biografie-2. dead.
  2. Web site: 06 September 1999 - 19 June 2001 – Accountant, Company "Beton armat".
  3. Web site: Впервые о сокровенном - Галина Додон рассказала о том, каково быть женой президента. 2020-11-21. bloknot-moldova.md. ru. 2020-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126035145/https://bloknot-moldova.md/news/galina-dodon-povedala-ob-istorii-lyubvi-s-igorem-d-1275460. dead.
  4. Web site: Ce nu știai despre prima doamnă a Republicii Moldova, Galina Dodon.
  5. Web site: 02 March 2012 - Financial Director of Company „Exclusiv Media”. 24 July 2017. 5 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305011402/http://www.presedinte.md/eng/biografie-2. dead.
  6. Web site: The first interview of the first lady. Galina Dodon: I am proud of my husband. Accent TV. 2017-11-23. 2017-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035442/http://a-tv.md/eng/index.php?newsid=29740. dead.
  7. Web site: Biography of First Lady, Galina Dodon. Presidency of the Republic of Moldova. 2017-07-24. 2018-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305011402/http://www.presedinte.md/eng/biografie-2. dead.