Career
Although he retained his seat, his party lost its former majority position in parliament and he had to step down from his previous post as Speaker of Parliament, which was taken over by opposition politician Yevgeny Shevchuk from the Renewal party. Grigore Mărăcuţă is an ethnic Moldavian. He has held high leadership positions in Transnistria since that date.
He is also one of the politicians in Transnistria with past experience as a Communist politician.
Mărăcuţă was a candidate in the country"s first ever presidential election in 1991, but he and his running mate Boris Akulov finished second to Smirnov.
