2015 Gagauz gubernatorial election

August 2019 2015 Gagauz gubernatorial election Gagauzia presidential 2010 Gagauz gubernatorial election 2010 2019 Gagauz gubernatorial election 2019 22 March 2015 Gubernatorial elections were held in Gagauzia on 22 March 2015. Irina Vlah was elected Governor (Başkan) with 51% of the vote. She subsequently resigned from parliament upon becoming Governor in April.https://aif.ru/politics/world/1472452 Irina Vlah won the election of the head of the Gagauz autonomy AIF 23 March 2015 ruhttp://alegeri.md/w/Irina_Vlah Irina Vlah Alegeri ro Campaign In 2014, before running for governor, Irina Vlah left the Communist faction in Parliament, protesting that the party's national leadership was betraying pro-Russian voters.https://www.timpul.md/articol/eapa-luata-de-comuniti--deputatul-irina-vlah-a-parasit-fraciunea-pcrm-67860.html Sting taken by the Communists. Deputy Irina Vlah left the PCRM faction Timpul 29 December 2014 ro She was also one of the initiators of a movement that led to the 2014 referendum for Gagauzia to join the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union.https://www.ng.ru/cis/2014-03-25/1_gagauzy.html Gagauzia goes to the Customs Union: Moldovan Autonomy asks Moscow for Protection Independent 25 March 2014 ru During the 2015 campaign Russian celebrities and deputies of the Russian State Duma publicly backed Vlah; in response the Moldovan government accused Russia of meddling in the election and threatened to ban those involved from entering the country.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS1dkn5YKw8 Gagauzia. Election of the Bashkan Russia 1 22 March 2015 Ukraine reinforced its western border adjacent to Gagauzia upon the victory of Vlah, a pro-Russian candidate, only a year after the annexation of Crimea and amidst the ongoing war against Russian-backed forces in its eastern provinces.https://tiras.ru/tema-dnja/42659-ukraina-usilila-kontrol-na-granice-s-gagauziey.html Ukraine tightened control on the border with Gagauzia IA Tiras 23 March 2015 ru Vlah herself claimed that she faced opposition due to her status as the only female gubernatorial candidate, and that her electoral triumph represented a victory against "patriarchal stereotypes".http://eawfpress.ru/press-tsentr/news/forum/irina-vlakh-gagauziya-lomaet-patriarkhalnye-stereotipy Irina Vlakh: "Gagauzia breaks patriarchal stereotypes" Eurasian Women's Community News Agency 14 November 2018 ru All candidates ran as independents. However, Vlah ran with the support of the Party of Socialists. Valerii Ianioglo was supported by United Gagauzia, whilst Nicolai Dudoglo was backed by the Democratic Party, the Equality Movement and New Gagauzia.Elections of the Governor (Bashkan) of Gagauzia (Gagauz Yeri) on March 22, 2015 eDemocracy Two candidates, Serghei Buzadji and Oleg Caici, withdrew from the elections. Buzadji subsequently gave his support to Vlah, whilst Caici supported Dudoglo. Results Irina Vlah 32543 Nicolai Dudoglo 12136 Valerii Ianioglo 5080 Dmitrii Croitor 3956 Oleg Garizan 3251 Alexandr Stoianoglo 3174 Ruslan Garbalî 3075 Leonid Dobrov 253 Serghei Cernev 122 Ilia Anastasov 84 359 109998 eDemocracy References Category:Elections in Gagauzia Gagauzia Gagauzia Category:History of Gagauzia