- Andrey Safonov
Andrey Safonov (Aндрéй Сафóнов) is a
politician fromTransnistria . He lives in Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.He ran for president against
incumbent president Igor Smirnov in the election held onDecember 10 ,2006 , and came in third place with 3.9% of the vote. [ [http://regnum.ru/english/754729.html Transdnestr Central Election Commission announces final results on presidential election] ]He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the MSSR (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic), within the USSR. After Transnistria's declaration of independence,
September 2 ,1990 , he founded the official news agency "Olvia Press". He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called "Novaia Gazeta".References
External links
* [http://novaiagazeta.org.ru/modules/news/ Novaia Gazeta] (in Russian)
* [http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/node/232 Tiraspol Times: "Outspoken Smirnov-critic Safonov launches presidential bid"] (in English)
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