Dina Ghimpu

Dina Ghimpu (born June 27, 1957) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu and is the former First Lady of Moldova.[1]

Dina Ghimpu
First Lady of Moldova
In role
September 11, 2009  December 28, 2010
PresidentMihai Ghimpu
Preceded byTaisia Mihailovna
Succeeded bySanda Filat
Personal details
Born (1957-06-12) 12 June 1957
Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMoldovan
Spouse(s)Mihai Ghimpu
ProfessionActor

Biography

She was born in June 1957. According to her, she and her husband in the early stages of her marriage "got divorced 10 times a day", also describing how they lived separately for six months, concluding that "this happens in all young couples".[2][3]

From 1980 to 1986, she was a senior official at the Museum of Ethnography and Natural History of Moldova. In 1986, she became the head of Scientific Research at the Theatrical Museum of People's Theater. From 1992, she was a consultant at the Art Directorate of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and would keep that job for 17 years. She has been the Head of the General Directorate of Strategies and Cultural Policies of the Ministry of Culture since 2010.[4][5][6] She was awarded the Order of Labor Glory by President Nicolae Timofti on 27 June 2012. According to the text of the decree, Ghimpu was awarded “for many years of fruitful work in the field of culture, contribution to the promotion of national values and high professional skills”.[7]

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