Leonid Bujor (27 November 1955 – 6 January 2021) was a

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n politician. He was the Minister of Education in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet from 25 September 2009 to 14 January 2011.

Biography

Leonid Bujor was born on 27 November 1955, in Singureni, Rîşcani. He was a member of the

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. He was deputy in the

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in the Legislature 2005–2009, elected on the lists of the Democratic Moldova Democratic Bloc Party. He was succeeded in the

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. Starting 18 February 2015 till 2 February 2016, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Cabinet of the Republic of Moldova. On 6 January 2021, amid the

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, Bujor died from

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at the age of 65.

Distinctions and decorations

In December 2010 he was decorated with the "

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" by Interim

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External links

Government of Moldova

References

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