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Maria Sarabaș

Moldovan politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ6761566 ↗
Source-derived summary

Maria Sarabaş (born 2 January 1948) is a folk music singer from Chişinău, Moldova. She was a member of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova) and the honorary president of Societatea Doamnelor Creştin-Democrate from 26 November 2000 to June 2005, when Sarabaş left the party.

Discography

Dragul meu, Badeal meu cu ochi birnaci (S 30 18649-5);

Bate vintul prin cвmpie, lonel cвnd s-a sculat, Blestemul, Satul meu, grădină dulce, Colind, La căsuţa dintre tei (S 30 29307).

Awards

Titlul de artistă a poporului, 2010

Maestru al artei din Republica Moldova (1994);

Laureată a Festivalului mondial al tineretului şi studenţilor (Moscova, 1985).

Bibliography

„Sunt pusă on fata alter, nativei — să cant sau so renunţ la căntec", on: „Literatura şi arta", 13. XI. 1986, Chişinău;

Moroşanu, D., Maria Sarabaş, on: „Femeia Moldovei", nr. 9, 1987, Chişinău;

„Visez să-mi mai bată la geampasărea-norocul", on: „Moldova", nr. 9, 1988, Chişinău;

Caciuc, A., Setea Maria Sarabaş, on: „Viaţa satului", 7. XL 1990, Chişinău;

Morăraş, M. „Mă făcui, maică, frumoasă", on: „Viaţa satului", 4. III. 1994, Chişinău;

Iuncu, R., 30 de ani de căntec ai Mariei Sarabaş, on: „Flux", 21.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Maria Sarabaș” as moldovan politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 2000, 2005, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-01-02. The account is most persuasive where Maria, Sarabaș and Moldovan can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as moldovan politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6761566. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

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A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Maria Sarabaș” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.