Galina Dodon

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.[2]

Galina Dodon
Dodon in 2018
First Lady of Moldova
In role
23 December 2016  24 December 2020
PresidentIgor Dodon
Preceded byMargareta Timofti
Personal details
Born (1977-02-12) 12 February 1977
Molovata, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
SpouseIgor Dodon (m. 1999)
Children3
ProfessionAccountant
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

Dodon with her husband and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin
Dodon with Putin during the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony

She was born on 12 February 1977 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999,[3] the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel.[4] Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.[5] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012.[6] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media.[7]

Galina and Igor Dodon have three children: Bogdan, Vlad, and Nicolae. Apart from her native Romanian, she is also fluent in Russian and English.[2][5]

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