State · 1991 – present
Moldova
A state of 1991 – present — 35 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Soviet Union and Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and followed Gagauz Republic. The atlas records 12 things within it — wars and battles 1 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · people 8. Its line of rulers holds 9 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 35 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 9
- the President of Moldova
- Most ground
- 27,300 km²
- in 1992
- Within it
- 12
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Soviet Union · replaces · 1923 – 1991
- Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic · replaces
- Gagauz Republic · follows · 1989 – 1995
Rulers
The line of President of Moldova - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mircea Snegur | 1990 – 1997 | 7 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Petru Lucinschi | 1997 – 2001 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Vladimir Voronin | 2001 – 2009 | 8 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Mihai Ghimpu | 2009 – 2010 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Vlad Filat | 2010 – 2010 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Marian Lupu | 2010 – 2012 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Nicolae Timofti | 2012 – 2016 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Igor Dodon | 2016 – 2020 | 4 years | lost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Maia Sandu | 2020 – in office | in office since 2020 | lost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article |
9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1990 – 2020. Only 30 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.94, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Moldova, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Mircea Druc | 1990 – 1991 |
| Valeriu Muravschi | 1991 – 1992 |
| Andrei Sangheli | 1992 – 1997 |
| Ion Ciubuc | 1997 – 1999 |
| Dumitru Braghiș | 1999 – 2001 |
| Ion Sturza | 1999 – 1999 |
| Serafim Urechean | 1999 – 1999 |
| Vasile Tarlev | 2001 – 2008 |
| Zinaida Greceanîi | 2008 – 2009 |
| Vitalie Pîrlog | 2009 – 2009 |
| Vlad Filat | 2009 – 2013 |
| Iurie Leancă | 2013 – 2013 |
| Gheorghe Brega | 2015 – 2016 |
| Chiril Gaburici | 2015 – 2015 |
| Natalia Gherman | 2015 – 2015 |
| Valeriu Streleț | 2015 – 2015 |
| Pavel Filip | 2016 – 2019 |
| Maia Sandu | 2019 – 2019 |
| Ion Chicu | 2019 – 2020 |
| Aureliu Ciocoi | 2020 – 2021 |
| Natalia Gavrilița | 2021 – 2023 |
| Dorin Recean | 2023 – 2025 |
| Alexandru Munteanu | 2025 – 2026 |
| Eugen Osmochescu | 2026 – 2026 |
| Vasile Tofan | 2026 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
27,300 km² in 1996, 27,300 km² in 2021; at its largest 27,300 km² in 1996. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1990Flag of Moldova · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1990Coat of arms of Moldova · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19999 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Maia Sandu · ruler · 1972 – present
- Igor Dodon · ruler · 1975 – present
- Nicolae Timofti · ruler · 1948 – present
- Vladimir Voronin · ruler · 1941 – present
- Vlad Filat · ruler · 1969 – present
- Marian Lupu · ruler · 1966 – present
- Mihai Ghimpu · ruler · 1951 – present
- Petru Lucinschi · ruler · 1940 – present
and 1 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova · plague · 2020
- April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests · unrest · 2009
- 2015–2016 protests in Moldova · unrest · 2015 – 2016
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood35 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held27,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 26% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record9
has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 9 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1981 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1992, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q217 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.