ldavian

Languages: Moldovan (official; virtually the same as the Romanian
language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 96%
male: 99%
female: 94%

Labor force: 2.03 million (January 1994)
by occupation: agriculture 34.4%, industry 20.1%, other 45.5% (1985
figures)

@Moldova:Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Moldova
conventional short form: Moldova
local long form: Republica Moldova
local short form: none
former: Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova; Moldavia

Digraph: MD

Type: republic

Capital: Chisinau

Administrative divisions: previously divided into 40 rayons; new
districts possible under new constitution in 1994

Independence: 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 August 1991

Constitution: new constitution adopted NA July 1994; replaces old
Soviet constitution of 1979

Legal system: based on civil law system; no judicial review of
legislative acts; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction but
accepts many UN and OSCE documents

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: President Mircea SNEGUR (since 3 September 1990);
election last held 8 December 1991 (next to be held NA 1996); results
- Mircea SNEGUR ran unopposed and won 98.17% of vote; note - President
SNEGUR was named executive president by the Supreme Soviet on 3
September 1990 and was confirmed by popular election on 8 December
1991
head of government: Prime Minister Andrei SANGHELI (since 1 July 1992;
reappointed 5 April 1994 after elections for new legislature); First
Deputy Prime Minister Ion GUTU (since NA)
cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on
recommendation of the prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral
Parliament: elections last held 27 February 1994 (next to be held NA
1999); results - percent by party NA; seats - (104 total)
Agrarian-Democratic Party 56, Socialist/Yedinstvo Bloc 28, Peasants
and Intellectual Bloc 11, Christian Democratic Popular Front 9

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: Christian Democratic Popular Front
(formerly Moldovan Popular Front), Iurie ROSCA, chairman; Yedinstvo
Intermovement, Vladimir SOLONARI, chairman; Social Democratic Party,
Oazu NANTOI, chairman, two other chairmen; Agrarian-Democratic Party,
Dumitru MOTPAN, chai