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Galina Dodon | |
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Dodon in 2018 | |
| First Lady of Moldova | |
| In office 23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020 | |
| President | Igor Dodon |
| Preceded by | Margareta Timofti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1977 Molovata, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Moldovan |
| Spouse | Igor Dodon (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Website | Official website[dead link] |
Galina Dodon (born 12 February 1977[1]) is the wife of the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, serving as the First Lady of Moldova from 2016 to 2020.[2]
She was born on 12 February 1977 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. She began her professional activity as an accountant in September 1999,[3] the same year that she married Igor Dodon, whom she met in a student hostel.[4] Until 2012, she was deputy chief accountant at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.[5] She has been the financial director of Exclusive Media since March 2012.[6] Dodon has said that she always tries to avoid politics at home and in the media.[7]
Galina and Igor Dodon have three children: Bogdan, Vlad, and Nicolae. Apart from her native Romanian, she is also fluent in Russian and English.[2][5]