Valerii Klimenco

Candidate of the “Ravnopravie (Equality)” Socio-political Movement (MR)
	Journalist, historian, president of the Congress of Russian Communities of Moldova, chair of MR Biographical Data

Born on 20 September 1953 in Gladkovka village of Serov district, Sverdlov region, Russian Federation.

1979 — Correspondent, Soviet Moldova newspaper
1981 — Deputy editor, Stiinta (Science) newspaper
1985 — Senior research fellow, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
1996 — Founder and president of the Russian Community in Chisinau
1997–present — President of the Congress of Russian Communities in Moldova
1998–present — Founder and chairman of the “Ravnopravie (Equality)” Socio-Political Movement (MR)
1999–2011 — Member of Chisinau Municipality Council, elected on the list of MR
2002–2003 — Representative of the Congress of Russian Communities of Moldova in the Fellow Nationals Council under the State Duma of Russia
2003–present — Member of the International Council of Fellow Russian Nationals
May 2015 — Officially designated as MR candidate for Chisinau general mayor

Married, one child.

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