Zinaida Greceanîi

Zinaida Greceanîi is a Moldovan politician. She is currently Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova since 8 June 2019. Greceanîi was previously also the Prime Minister of Moldova from 31 March 2008 to 14 September 2009. She is the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and was previously a member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM). She was Moldova's first female Prime Minister and was the second female Communist head of government in Europe, the first having been Premier Milka Planinc of Yugoslavia. She has been referred to by her collogues in PSRM as the "Moldovan Margaret Thatcher".