What is Igor Smirnov?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Igor Smirnov<br /><small>Игорь Смирнóв</small> | image = Igor Smirnov (2017-10-04).jpg | office = [[President of Transnistria|1st President of Transnistria]] | vicepresident = [[Alexandru Caraman]]<br />[[Sergey Leontiev]]<br />[[Aleksandr Ivanovich Korolyov|Aleksandr Korolyov]] | term_start = 1 October 1991 | term_end = 30 December 2011 | predecessor = [[Andrey Manoylov]] <small>(''Acting'')</small> | successor = [[Yevgeny Shevchuk]] | vicepresident2 = [[Alexandru Caraman]] | term_start2 = 2 September 1990 | term_end2 = 25 August 1991 | predecessor2 = ''Office established'' | successor2 = [[Andrey Manoylov]] <small>(''Acting'')</small> | birthname = Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|10|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<br /><small>(now [[Russia]])</small> | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | party = [[Republic (Transnistria)|Republic]] | spouse = Zhannetta Nikolaevna Lotnik | signature = Smirnov autograph.png | caption = Smirnov in 2017 }} '''Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov''' ({{lang-ru|И́горь Никола́евич Смирно́в|link=yes}}, [[Romanization of Russian|tr.]] ''Igorʹ Nikolayevich Smirnov''; {{lang-ro|Igor Nicolaevici Smirnov}}; born 23 October 1941) is a [[Transnistria]]n politician. He was the first [[President of Transnistria|president]] (1991–2011) of the [[List of unrecognized countries|internationally unrecognized]] [[Transnistria|Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic]]. He supported Transnistria becoming part of [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/transnistrian-nationbuilding-a-case-of-effective-diversity-policies/BFF6B96F2F068EEB3343DAAC99255372|title=Transnistrian nation-building: a case of