GAGAUZ AUTONOMY ELECTS FIRST GOVERNMENT.

The 150,000 Gagauz, aTurkic-speaking Christian minority in southern Moldova, on May 28elected Georgy Tabanshchik “bashkan,” or leader, of the new autonomousregion established for the Gagauz in January 1995, Basarpress reportedMay 29. The Gagauz voters also elected a parliament which includesrepresentatives of four different parties.

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