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President of the Moldovan Parliament (1993–1997); ambassador of Moldova (1992–1993); Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1991–1991); Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1990–1991)."},{"q":"Where did Petru Lucinschi study?","a":"Petru Lucinschi was educated at Moldova State University."}],"related":[{"name":"Vlad Filat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vlad-filat"},{"name":"Nicolae Timofti","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nicolae-timofti"},{"name":"Mihai Ghimpu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mihai-ghimpu"},{"name":"Vladimir Voronin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vladimir-voronin"},{"name":"Marian Lupu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marian-lupu"},{"name":"Mircea Snegur","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mircea-snegur"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/petru-lucinschi-d09336e20b.jpg","width":500,"height":702,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"misharere","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%91%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Petru Lucinschi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petru_Lucinschi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q355874","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355874","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Первый награждённый почётным знаком СНГ.jpg by misharere (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%91%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Petru Lucinschi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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