Valeriu Mițul

Transnistrian politician (1961–2021)

Valeriu Mițul OR


Mayor of Corjova
In office 25 May 2003 – 5 June 2011
Succeeded by	Sergiu Oprea

Personal details
Born	(1961-03-09)9 March 1961 Corjova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 October 2021(2021-10-02) (aged 60)

Valeriu Mițul (9 March 1961 – 2 October 2021^[1]) was a Moldovan politician, an opponent of the separatist regime that is in power in Transnistria.

Political activity

Mițul was a participant in the 1992 War of Transnistria on behalf of Moldovan governmental forces. He was the mayor of Corjova village, considered by separatist authorities as a suburb of Dubăsari.

As a result of his opposition to authorities from Tiraspol, he was arrested several times by Transnistrian police, most recently on 13 May 2007.^[2]

Mițul was elected mayor of Corjova in the Moldovan local election, 2003, as a candidate representing the ASLMN party.

During the Moldovan municipal elections on 3 June 2007, the Transnistrian authorities prevented the inhabitants of Corjova from participating in the elections. Mițul, who was up for re-election, received death threats.^[3]^[4]

References

^ A decedat fostul primar al satului Corjova, Valeriu Mițul, veteran al războiului de pe Nistru (in Romanian)
^ Ineffectiveness of Peacekeeping Mechanism Leads to Incidents in Moldova's Security Zone Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
^ After being beaten by Transnistrian police a candidate at Corjova council was hospitalized
^ Infotag: Prokuratura Initials Proceedings on Corjiva Case. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine