Petru Buburuz (born 26 September 1937, Durleşti) is an Orthodox parish priest and politician from the

Republic of Moldova A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

. He served as a member of the

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

and editor in chief of

Luminătorul ''Luminătorul'' ( en, The Illuminator) is a periodical of the Metropolis of Bessarabia in Chişinău. History The first edition was printed in January 1908. The first editor in chief was Gurie Grosu. From 1908 on, Grigore D. Constantinescu ...

Biography

Petru Buburuz was born to Dumitru and Anastasia, on 26 September 1937 in Durleşti. In 1989 election, Buburuz campaigned under the motto "The People's Will--God's Will" and was elected as a member of the

. Buburuz's victory made him probably the only clergyman thus far known to have been elected to the

Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (russian: Съезд народных депутатов СССР, ''Sʺezd narodnykh deputatov SSSR'') was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Backg ...

as an unofficial candidate affiliated with informal national movements. He was also a contributor to

Glasul ''Glasul'' ( en, The Voice), known later as ''Glasul Naţiunii'' ( en, The Nation's Voice), was the first newspaper in the Republic of Moldova to appear in the Latin alphabet during the dying years of the Soviet Union. ''Glasul Naţiunii'' was fou ...

(for which he has been admonished by the Chişinău metropolitanate).

Vladimir Socor Vladimir Socor (born 3 August 1945 in BucharestVladimir Socor - Curriculum Vitae
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Update on the Moldavian Elections to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies
On 27 August 1989, Buburuz blessed the

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in Chişinău.

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Vladimir Socor Vladimir Socor (born 3 August 1945 in BucharestVladimir Socor - Curriculum Vitae
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Update on the Moldavian Elections to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies

50 de personalităţi ale epocee 87-89
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[PDF] Catedrala lui Petru Buburuz

Patriarhul Daniel îl sfătuieşte pe preotul Petru Buburuz să dea dovadă de tact şi ascultare faţă de Mitropolia Basarabiei

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