Grigore Eremei
Grigore Eremei was a Soviet and Moldovan politician.
Biography
Grigore Eremei was born in Tîrnova, Edineț. In 1956, he served in the Soviet Army.From 5 February until 23 August 1991 he was the final First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldova, the republic level branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party was outlawed by the government in August 1991, just before the Moldovan Declaration of Independence. In 1994, he was appointed Ambassador to Romania.
For his work, he was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005.