Profile updated: 24.05.2022
Igor Dodon
politician
Date of Birth: 18.02.1975
Place of Birth: Sadova village, Calarasi district
Citizenship: Republic of Moldova
Igor Dodon has been in Moldova’s political landscape for more than ten years. In the [post-Soviet] Communist Government he served as first deputy prime minister and economy minister. Until 2011 he was in the ranks of Vladimir Voronin’s Party of Communists. He left them to lead the Party of Socialists, a rival left-leaning group.
In 2016 Mr. Dodon won the presidential election in Moldova. As chief of state he often travels to Moscow and openly defends a pro-Russian policy. He insists that Moldova joined the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union.
Mr. Dodon was repeatedly suspended from office for short periods by the lawmakers for refusing to sign a number of laws.
In the electoral race for a new term as president, Igor Dodon is officially an independent candidate, but he still enjoys the support of PSRM - the party with the most seats in the Chisinau legislature.
RISE Moldova analyzed the agenda of the meetings that Igor Dodon saved in a BlackBerry phone that he used until mid-2017 and presents, for the first time, evidence of Dodon's interaction with representatives of the Russian propaganda machine and political strategies. The information is contained in the #Kremlinovici investigation project, carried out in collaboration with the "Досье" Center.
"Kremlinovici" is the username Mr. Dodon used in discussions with Moldovan officials and politicians via an encrypted application.
The RISE Moldova investigation sheds to light that during his long political career, the lawmaker and later President Igor Dodon has been timing his activities with a Moldovan affairs office in the Kremlin - a unit established to oversee and guide the Socialist Party leader and other politicians in the Republic of Moldova, either through intermediaries or directly. Travels to Moscow were frequent. In 2016 alone - the year Dodon won his first presidential mandate – he embarked on at least ten flights to the Russian capital.
The Dodon family owns a house of over 400 square meters, worth over 2 million lei. More than half of the family's income for the year 2019 is the contribution of First Lady Galina Dodon, who earns twice as much as her husband. Mrs. Dodon received approximately 400,000 lei from Exclusiv Media SRL - a company closely connected to the Socialists (PSRM). RISE Moldova had reported about this company for its involvement in the so-called "Russian Operation Bahamas" - which is about pumping offshore money into bank accounts of PSRM members and sponsors a few months before the 2016 presidential election. The money helped Igor Dodon beat his competitors for the top governmental job.
Political Affiliation
Private Function
Public Function
Career
07.2021
Parliament
10.2021
member of the Parliament
12.2016
The Presidency of the Republic of Moldova
12.2020
president
04.2009
Parliament
12.2016
member of the Parliament
03.2008
Government
09.2009
first deputy prime minister, minister of Economy and Trade
09.2006
Government
03.2008
minister of Economy and Trade
05.2005
Ministry of Economy and Trade
09.2006
deputy minister
02.2003
National Securities Commission
05.2005
member of the Council of experts
02.2022
PA The Moldovan-Russian Business Union
chairman
09.2002
Universal Commodity Exchange of Moldova SRL
05.2005
chairman, member of the stock exchange Committee
11.2001
National Securities Depository of Moldova SA
05.2005
president, member of the Board of Directors
07.1997
The Stock Exchange
11.2001
12.2021
honorary president
07.2021
Bloc of Communists and Socialists
10.2021
member of the parliamentary faction
12.2020
12.2021
president
12.2011
11.2016
president
395.717,50 MDL
salary, PP Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
226.727,89 MDL
salary, President's Staff
388.573,00 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
190.194,00 MDL
salary, Presidency of Republic of Moldova
282.000,00 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
177.185,00 MDL
salary, Presidency of Republic of Moldova
36.823,00 MDL
compensation, National House of Social Insurance
spouse
1.661,00 MDL
capitalized interest on the salary account, Moldova Agroindbank
167.175,00 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
38.156,15 MDL
compensation, National House of Social Insurance
spouse
54.075,00 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
33.887,43 MDL
compensation, National House of Social Insurance
spouse
110.568,94 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
63.135,00 MDL
compensation , Parliament
42.893,00 MDL
compensation , National House of Social Insurance
spouse
10.000,00 MDL
sale of car, Toyota RAV-4
spouse
147.868,25 MDL
reimbursement of the insurance allowance, Grawe Asigurări SA
82.800,00 MDL
salary, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
50.138,00 MDL
compensation , Parliament
35.833,03 MDL
salary, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Exclusiv Media SRL
spouse
2013
House
Value: 2.160.675,00 MDL
Area: 422,8 mp
Ownership: 100%
2013
Land
Value: 451.985,00 MDL
Area: 0,059 ha
Ownership: 100%
2001 - 2013
Apartment
Value: 735.084,00 MDL
Area: 50,7 mp
Ownership: 100%
2013 - 2028
Igor Dodon
(8%)
1.477.000,00 MDL
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