Leonid Bujor
{{Short description|Moldovan politician (1955–2021)}}
{{Infobox politician
| name = Leonid Bujor
| image = Leonid Bujor (crop).jpg
| caption = Bujor in 2010
| office = Minister of Education
| primeminister = Vladimir Filat
| president = Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Vladimir Filat (acting)
Marian Lupu (acting)
| term_start = 25 September 2009
| term_end = 14 January 2011
| predecessor = Larisa Șavga
| successor = Mihail Șleahtițchi
| office2 = Member of the Moldovan Parliament
| term_start2 = 22 March 2005
| term_end2 = 25 September 2009
| birth_date = 27 November 1955
| birth_place = Singureni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = 6 January 2021 (aged 65)
| death_place = Chișinău, Moldova
| party = Party Alliance Our Moldova
Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
| otherparty =
| spouse =
| children = 2
| alma_mater =
| profession = Engineer
| parliamentarygroup2 = Democratic Moldova Electoral Bloc
Our Moldova Alliance
| successor2 = Valentin Chepteni
}}
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.
Biography
Leonid Bujor was born on 27 November 1955, in Singureni, Rîşcani. He was a member of the Party Alliance Our Moldova.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jurnal.md/article/21197/|title=Guvernul Alianţei pentru Integrare Europeană}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://gov.md/ro/content/leonid-bujor-fost-numit-secretar-general-adjunct-al-guvernului|title=| GUVERNUL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA|website=gov.md}}
On 6 January 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova, Bujor died from COVID-19 at the age of 65.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/b31fc6045727b8cd/fostul-deputat-si-ministru-al-educatiei-leonid-bujor-a-murit-din-cauza-infectiei-cu-noul-coronavirus.html|title=Fostul deputat și ministru al Educației, Leonid Bujor, a murit din cauza infecției cu noul coronavirus|website=Jurnal.md}}{{Cite web|url=https://protv.md/politic/leonid-bujor-fostul-ministru-al-educatiei-a-murit-fiind-rapus-de-coronavirus---2553082.html|title=Leonid Bujor, fostul ministru al Educatiei, a murit fiind rapus de coronavirus|website=Pro TV}}
Distinctions and decorations
In December 2010 he was decorated with the "Order of Honor" by Interim President of the Republic of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timpul.md/articol/distinctii-de-stat-pentru-promovarea-valorilor-nationale-18546.html|title=Distincţii de stat pentru promovarea valorilor naţionale|website=Timpul - Ştiri din Moldova|date=10 December 2010 }}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091223083347/http://gov.gov.md/en/start/ Government of Moldova]
References
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{{Vlad Filat Cabinet}}
{{Alliance for European Integration}}
{{COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova}}
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Category:People from Rîșcani District
Category:Moldova State University alumni
Category:20th-century Moldovan historians
Category:Our Moldova Alliance politicians
Category:Moldovan MPs 2005–2009
Category:Moldovan MPs 2009–2010