Obnovlenie the new chairman became Obnovlenie party leader Yevgeny Shevchuk. In 2009, President Igor Smirnov set up a commission to draft a new constitution. On 22 July 2009, Shevchuk resigned as speaker and was succeeded by Russian-born ethnic Ukrainian Anatoly Kaminski, also from Obnovlenie. Shevchuk cited the newly proposed constitution as a major factor as to why he resigned. He defeated both Smirnov and his former colleague Kaminski in the 2011 presidential elections. Following his defeat in the elections Kaminski resigned both as speaker and as head of Obnovlenie. He was succeeded by Mikhail Burla, an ethnic Ukrainian. Members of parliament Most of the members of parliament are native-born Transnistrians. According to official PMR data, 22 of the 43 members of the parliament were born in PMR, while four were born in Moldova, seven were born in Russia, six in Ukraine and four did not declare. List of speakers Igor Smirnov (November 1990) Vladimir Gonchar (November 1990 – January 1991; acting) Grigore Mărăcuță (1991–2005) Yevgeny Shevchuk (2005–2009) Anatoly Kaminski (2009–2012) Mikhail Burla (13 June 2012 – 23 December 2015) Vadim Krasnoselski (23 December 2015 – 14 December 2016) Alexander Shcherba (14 December 2016 – 2019) Alexander Korshunov (6 February 2019 - present) References External links Official website Parliament summary Politics of Transnistria Transnistria