Leonid Bujor (27 November 1955 – 6 January 2021) was a Moldovan politician. He was the Minister of Education in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet from 25 September 2009 to 14 January 2011.

Leonid Bujor
Bujor in 2010
Minister of Education
In office
25 September 2009 – 14 January 2011
PresidentMihai Ghimpu (acting)
Vladimir Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
Prime MinisterVladimir Filat
Preceded byLarisa Șavga
Succeeded byMihail Șleahtițchi
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
22 March 2005 – 25 September 2009
Succeeded byValentin Chepteni
Parliamentary groupDemocratic Moldova Electoral Bloc
Our Moldova Alliance
Personal details
Born27 November 1955
Singureni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Died6 January 2021 (aged 65)
Chișinău, Moldova
Political partyParty Alliance Our Moldova
Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
Children2
ProfessionEngineer

Biography

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Leonid Bujor was born on 27 November 1955, in Singureni, Rîşcani. He was a member of the Party Alliance Our Moldova.[1] He was deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in the Legislature 2005–2009, elected on the lists of the Democratic Moldova Democratic Bloc Party. He was succeeded in the Second Filat Cabinet by Mihail Șleahtițchi. Starting 18 February 2015 till 2 February 2016, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Cabinet of the Republic of Moldova.[2]

On 6 January 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova, Bujor died from COVID-19 at the age of 65.[3][4]

Distinctions and decorations

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In December 2010 he was decorated with the "Order of Honor" by Interim President of the Republic of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Guvernul Alianţei pentru Integrare Europeană".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "| GUVERNUL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA". gov.md.
  3. ^ "Fostul deputat și ministru al Educației, Leonid Bujor, a murit din cauza infecției cu noul coronavirus". Jurnal.md.
  4. ^ "Leonid Bujor, fostul ministru al Educatiei, a murit fiind rapus de coronavirus". Pro TV.
  5. ^ "Distincţii de stat pentru promovarea valorilor naţionale". Timpul - Ştiri din Moldova. 10 December 2010.