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Mikhail Burla
Mikhail Burla
Speaker of Supreme Council
	In office; 13 June 2012 – 23 December 2015
Preceded by	Anatoliy Kaminski
Succeeded by	Vadim Krasnoselski
Personal details
Born	22 November 1957 (age 66); Storozhynets Raion, Soviet; Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Renewal

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Mikhail Porfirovich Burla (Russian: Михаи́л Порфирович Бурла; Ukrainian: Михайло Порфірович Бурла, Mykhaylo Profirovych Burla; born November 22, 1957 in village Mejdurechie, Storozhynets Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Transnistrian politician and the chairman of the country's governing political party,^[1] Renewal (Obnovleniye, sometimes translated as Renovation).^[2]

Biography

Burla was born on 22 November 1957 in Storozhynets Raion of the Chernivtsi Oblast in Ukraine.^[3] He is an economic geographer by profession and spent much of his career teaching at T.G. Shevchenko University in Tiraspol.

After satisfying the compulsory military service in the Soviet Army (November 1979 - May 1981), he worked as an assistant at the Department of Physical Geography of the above-mentioned institute. In 1982 he enrolled to pursue a post-graduate course in the field of economic, social and political geography at the Leningrad State University, which he graduated in 1985. In the same year he defended his thesis as a candidate in geographic sciences entitled: Economic and transport links of the agro-industrial complex of Moldovan SSR and ways of rationalization. On November 28, 1985, he obtained the academic title of candidate in geographic sciences (specialty 11.00.02 "Economic, Social and Political Geography") from the Council of the University of Leningrad, and was confirmed by the Superior Commission of Attestation of the Council of Ministers of the USSR at April 2, 1986. During the period 1982-1985, he took part in the development of the project "Forecasting the possible changes of the Moldovan RSS environment influenced by the economic activity of man until 2000". He is the author of 4 evaluative and perspective maps of the effect of economic activity on the environment.

Burla is a member of Transnistria's Supreme Council, where he has been vice-speaker since 22 July 2009, and an ally of Yevgeny Shevchuk (speaker of parliament from December 2005 until July 2009) and Anatoliy Kaminski (speaker since 2009).

On 13 June 2012, Mikhail Burla was elected Speaker of Supreme Council to replace Anatoliy Kaminski who resigned following his failure in the presidential elections of 2011.

Family

He is married and has two daughters.

References

^ British Helsinki Human Rights Group: Transnistria 2006 report Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Renewal, Pridnestrovie's reformist opposition party
^ Burla official biography on Transnistrian Supreme Soviet site Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] British Helsinki Human Rights Group: Transnistria 2006 report Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Renewal, Pridnestrovie's reformist opposition party

[3] Burla official biography on Transnistrian Supreme Soviet site Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

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 Burla was born on 22 November 1957 in [[Storozhynets Raion]] of the [[Chernivtsi Oblast]] in [[Ukraine]].<ref>[http://www.vspmr.org/Deputy/?ID=60 Burla official biography on Transnistrian Supreme Soviet site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311102050/http://www.vspmr.org/Deputy/?ID=60 |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref> He is an [[Economic geography|economic geographer]] by profession and spent much of his career teaching at [[T.G. Shevchenko University]] in [[Tiraspol]].
-After satisfying the compulsory military service in the [[Soviet Army]] (November 1979 - May 1981), he worked as an assistant at the Department of Physical Geography of the above-mentioned institute. In 1982 he enrolled to pursue a post-graduate course in the field of economic, social and political geography at the [[Saint Petersburg State University|Leningrad State University]], which he graduated in 1985.
+After satisfying the compulsory military service in the [[Soviet Army]] (November 1979 - May 1981), he worked as an assistant at the Department of Physical Geography of the above-mentioned institute. In 1982 he enrolled to pursue a post-graduate course in the field of economic, social and political geography at the [[Saint Petersburg State University|Leningrad State University]], which he graduated in 1985. In the same year he defended his thesis as a candidate in geographic sciences entitled: ''Economic and transport links of the agro-industrial complex of Moldovan SSR and ways of rationalization''. On November 28, 1985, he obtained the academic title of candidate in geographic sciences (specialty 11.00.02 "Economic, Social and Political Geography")  from the Council of the University of Leningrad, and was confirmed by the Superior Commission of Attestation of the Council of Ministers of the [[USSR]] at April 2, 1986. During the period 1982-1985, he took part in the development of the project ''"Forecasting the possible changes of the Moldovan RSS environment influenced by the economic activity of man until 2000"''. He is the author of 4 evaluative and perspective maps of the effect of economic activity on the environment.
 Burla is a member of [[Supreme Council (Transnistria)|Transnistria's Supreme Council]], where he has been vice-speaker since 22 July 2009, and an ally of  [[Yevgeny Shevchuk]] ([[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] of parliament from December 2005 until July 2009) and [[Anatoliy Kaminski]] (speaker since 2009).