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

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n jurist and politician. Born in

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, 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

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late that year. He later moved to

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, serving until 1900, when he was sent to

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. He also worked in Brăila. He reached

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in 1902, joining the appeals court in 1905, and the

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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

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and Patriarch Miron Cristea) that acted on behalf of the minor King Michael. 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 Faraoani,

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. A nearby village was renamed ''Gheorghe Buzdugan''; this lasted until the early

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, which called the place Gheorghe Doja.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:

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, 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