Zinaida Greceanîi

Zinaida Greceanîi (born 7 February 1956) is a Moldovan politician. She was the president of the Moldovan Parliament between 8 June 2019 to 26 July 2021. Greceanîi was previously also the Prime Minister of Moldova from 31 March 2008 to 14 September 2009. She led the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) from 2016 to 2020 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, preceded only by Prime Minister Milka Planinc of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She has been referred to by her colleagues in PSRM as the "Moldovan Margaret Thatcher".