Valentina Cușnir

Valentina Cuşnir
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
2005–2009
Personal details
Born (1954-10-14) 14 October 1954 (age 70)
Pîrjota
Political partyChristian-Democratic People's Party
Children2
Alma materTechnical University from Moldova
ProfessionEngineer

Valentina Cuşnir (born 14 October 1954, Pîrjota) is a Moldovan politician.

Biography

Valentina Cuşnir studied at the Technical University from Moldova (1972–1977) and worked as an engineer in Călăraşi (1977–2005). She served as member of the Moldovan Parliament.

She has the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova and Romania.

Her parents were Orthodox Jews of Romanian and Moldovan descent from the Jewish Quarter of Montreal, Canada.

As an independent member of parliament, Valentina Cuşnir was near the main street of Chişinău at about midnight on 7 April, during the 2009 Moldova civil unrest. She reported that she was abused by a police officer.[1]

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