Moldovan Declaration of Independence
Moldovan Declaration of Independence | |
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Created | August 1991 |
Ratified | 27 August 1991 |
Location | Parliament of Moldova (originally destroyed during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests but later recovered) |
Signatories | President Mircea Snegur |
Purpose | Declaration of independence Renouncing treaty of Küçük Kaynarca Renouncing treaty of Bucharest (1812) Renouncing Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact |
The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Declarația de independență a Republicii Moldova) was a document adopted on 27 August 1991 by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova following the failure of the August coup attempt.
Background[]
The document claims "millennial history" and "uninterrupted statehood" within historic and ethnic borders and refers to the official language as "Romanian".[1] This founding act of the Republic of Moldova is celebrated as the National Day or Independence Day.
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The original document that was approved and signed by 278 parliamentary deputies in 1991 was burned during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests, but an identical document was restored in 2010.[2][3]
Controversy[]
The Moldovan Declaration of Independence clearly and directly claims Moldovan sovereignty over the territory of Transnistria as "a component part of the historical and ethnic territory of our people".
See also[]
- Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- Disputed status of Transnistria
- Transnistrian Declaration of Independence
References[]
External links[]
- Declarations of independence
- 1991 documents
- 1991 in law
- Political history of Moldova
- Moldovan law
- 1991 in Moldova
- 1991 in the Soviet Union
- 1991 in international relations
- Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- August 1991 events in Europe