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Igor Smirnov

Politician

Igor Smirnov is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Igor Nikolajevič Smirnov · Igor Nikolajewitsch Smirnow · Igor Smirnov · Igor Smirnow · Igor' Nikolaevič Smirnov · 14 more...				[sources]
Other name	Igor Nicolaevici Smirnov · Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov · Igor Nikolajevitj Smirnov · Igor Nikolajevitsj Smirnov · Igor Nikolayevich Smirnov · 11 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Smir · イゴール・スミルノフ				[sources]
Birth date	1941-10-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Transnistria				[sources]
Citizenship	Transnistria · Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Igor				[sources]
Last name	Smirnov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q309832				[sources]
Position	President of Transnistria (1990-1991) · President of Transnistria (1991-2011) · Speaker of the Parliament of Transnistria (1990-1990)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Economics · National University "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic"				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy · atheism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

first President of Transnistria

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vladimir Smirnov Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Transnistria	1990-09-02	1991-08-25

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Oleg Smirnov Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,631

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