What is Nicolae Timofti?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Nicolae Timofti | image = Nicolae Timofti June 2014 (cropped).jpg | office = 4th [[President of Moldova]] | primeminister = [[Vladimir Filat]]<br>[[Iurie Leancă]]<br>[[Chiril Gaburici]]<br>[[Natalia Gherman]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Valeriu Streleț]]<br>[[Gheorghe Brega]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Pavel Filip]] | term_start = 23 March 2012 | term_end = 23 December 2016 | predecessor = [[Marian Lupu]] {{small|(Acting)}} | successor = [[Igor Dodon]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ciutulești]], [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Moldavian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] {{small|(now [[Moldova]])}} | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Communist Party of Moldova|Communist Party]] {{small|(Before 1991)}}<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(1991–present)}} | spouse = [[Margareta Timofti]] | children = 3 sons | alma_mater = [[Moldova State University]] | serviceyears = 1972-1974 | branch = {{Army|Soviet Union}} | allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}} | rank = [[Senior Lieutenant]] }} '''Nicolae Timofti''' ({{IPA-ro|nikoˈla.e tiˈmofti}}; born 22 December 1948) is a [[Moldova]]n jurist and politician. He was [[President of Moldova]] from 23 March 2012 until 23 December 2016. He was head of Moldova's Supreme Magistrate Council and was [[Moldovan presidential election, 2011–2012|elected]] President by [[Parliament of Moldova|parliament]] on 16 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unimedia.info/stiri/video--foto-moldova-are-presedinte-45526.html|title=Live text de la alegerea președintelui Republicii Moldova|language=ro|author=UNIMEDIA|date=16 March 2012|work=Unimedia|access-date=16 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/cine-e-nicolae-timofti-noul-presedinte-al-republicii-moldova-971858.html|title=Cine e Nicolae Timofti, noul președinte al Republicii Moldova?|language=ro|author=Paul Ciocoiu|date=16