President of Moldova
On September 11, 2009, he became the acting president of Moldova. The interim position was possible following the resignation of Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin, announced in the morning of 11 September 2009 on the public broadcaster Moldova 1. The resignation letter was sent to the Parliament secretariat and by a vote of 52 deputies in the plenary session of the legislature the post of the President of the Republic of Moldova was declared vacant. Therefore, in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution of 1994, which provides that "the responsibility of the office shall devolve ad interim to the President of Parliament or the Prime Minister, in that order of priority", Mihai Ghimpu has become the interim President of the Republic of Moldova until a new president is elected by the Parliament.
The Commission for constitutional reform in Moldova was set up under presidential decree on December 1, 2009 in order to resolve the constitutional crisis. On January 14, 2010 Ghimpu decreed to set up the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova. The commission aims at studying the crimes of Soviet regime in the former Moldavian SSR.
In June 2010, Ghimpu instituted Soviet Occupation Day and unveiled the Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation.
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