Alexander Korshunov

Alexander Viktorovich Korshunov is a Transnistrian Obnovlenie politician. He has been Chairman and Speaker of the Transnistrian Supreme Council since 2019.

Early life

Koshunov was born on 2 April 1968 in the city Bălți in the Moldavian SSR. In 1974, the family moved to Bender.
In 1985 he graduated from high school and then studied at Kharkov Aviation Institute in the Ukrainian SSR. He graduated in 1991 with honours in the speciality of engineer-technologist of radio-electronic equipment.
From 1992 to 1996 he served as a police lieutenant in the city of Bender.
In 1999 he studied at the Belgorod University of Cooperation, Economics and Law in Russia, graduating in 2002 with a law degree. In June 2011 he graduated Belgorod State National Research University, majoring in state and municipal government.

He began his political career as a deputy on Bender City Council of People's Deputies between 2010 and 2020. He served as the Chairman of the Standing Deputy Commission on Industry, Architecture, Municipal Property and Land.
On 12 December 2010, he was elected to the Supreme Council of the Transnistria as a Obnovlenie deputy.
On 29 November 2015, he was re-elected to the Supreme Council. He headed the parliamentary committee on economic policy, budget and finance. On 6 February 2019, he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Council.
On 29 November 2020, he was re-elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council, and elected as chairman and speaker once more on 8 December 2020.