Gheorghe V. Buzdugan (February 10, 1867 – October 7, 1929) was a

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n jurist and politician. Born in Focșani, Buzdugan studied law at the

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, after which he served as a judge. Assigned to Piatra Neamț in early 1892, he was transferred to Râmnicu Sărat late that year. He later moved to

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, serving until 1900, when he was sent to Dorohoi. He also worked in Brăila. He reached

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in 1902, joining the appeals court in 1905, and the High Court of Cassation and Justice in 1910. He became section president there in 1919, and was overall president from 1924 to 1927. He resigned from the magistracy in order to become a member of the regency (alongside Prince Nicholas and Patriarch Miron Cristea) that acted on behalf of the minor

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. Elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1929, he died the same year, being replaced by . After lying in state at the Romanian Athenaeum, Buzdugan was buried in the family crypt at

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. A nearby village was renamed ''Gheorghe Buzdugan''; this lasted until the early communist regime, which called the place

Gheorghe Doja Gheorghe is a Romanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu * Gheorghe Albu * Gheorghe Alexandrescu * Gheorghe Andriev * Gheorghe Apostol * G ...

.Domnița Tomescu, “The Change of Names in 20th Century Romanian Toponymy”, in Oliviu Felecan (ed.), ''Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives'', p. 359. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buzdugan, Gheorghe 1867 births 1929 deaths People from Focșani Regents of Romania High Court of Cassation and Justice judges Honorary members of the Romanian Academy University of Bucharest alumni