Valeriu Mițul | |
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Mayor of Corjova | |
In office 25 May 2003 – 5 June 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Sergiu Oprea |
Personal details | |
Born | Corjova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | 9 March 1961
Died | 2 October 2021 | (aged 60)
Valeriu Mițul (9 March 1961 – 2 October 2021 [1]) was a Moldovan politician, an opponent of the separatist regime that is in power in Transnistria.
Mițul was a participant in the 1992 War of Transnistria on behalf of Moldovan governmental forces. He was the mayor of Corjova village, considered by separatist authorities as a suburb of Dubăsari.
As a result of his opposition to authorities from Tiraspol, he was arrested several times by Transnistrian police, most recently on 13 May 2007. [2]
Mițul was elected mayor of Corjova in the Moldovan local election, 2003, as a candidate representing the ASLMN party.
During the Moldovan municipal elections on 3 June 2007, the Transnistrian authorities prevented the inhabitants of Corjova from participating in the elections. Mițul, who was up for re-election, received death threats. [3] [4]
Valeriu Mițul | |
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![]() | |
Mayor of Corjova | |
In office 25 May 2003 – 5 June 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Sergiu Oprea |
Personal details | |
Born | Corjova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | 9 March 1961
Died | 2 October 2021 | (aged 60)
Valeriu Mițul (9 March 1961 – 2 October 2021 [1]) was a Moldovan politician, an opponent of the separatist regime that is in power in Transnistria.
Mițul was a participant in the 1992 War of Transnistria on behalf of Moldovan governmental forces. He was the mayor of Corjova village, considered by separatist authorities as a suburb of Dubăsari.
As a result of his opposition to authorities from Tiraspol, he was arrested several times by Transnistrian police, most recently on 13 May 2007. [2]
Mițul was elected mayor of Corjova in the Moldovan local election, 2003, as a candidate representing the ASLMN party.
During the Moldovan municipal elections on 3 June 2007, the Transnistrian authorities prevented the inhabitants of Corjova from participating in the elections. Mițul, who was up for re-election, received death threats. [3] [4]