Maia Sandu Elected as First-Ever Woman President of Moldova

Maia Sandu Elected as First-Ever Woman President of Moldova

• Maia Sandu, a former World Bank economist, has won Moldova’s 2020 Presidential election to become the President-elect of the country. She received 57.72% of the vote.
• She is the first women to be elected as the President of Moldova and would assume office on 23rd December 2020.
• Meanwhile the incumbent President of Moldova, Igor Dodon received 42.28% of the vote.
• The 48-year-old Sandu is the current leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) .
• She was the former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 until 14 November 2019.

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