sentences:  His mother, Irina Ursu (daughter of Haralambie Ursu) died in 2003; she worked at the local kolkhoz.His father, Toader Ghimpu (death in 1980), was an elementary school teacher.Gheorghe Ghimpu is the oldest brother of Simion Ghimpu (born May 24, 1939), Visarion, Valentina (mother of Dorin Chirtoacă) and Mihai Ghimpu.