| Gheorghe Papuc | |
| Office: | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Primeminister: | Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting) |
| President: | Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting) |
| Term Start: | 27 October 2008 |
| Term End: | 25 September 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Valentin Mejinschi |
| Successor: | Alexei Roibu |
| Primeminister2: | Vasile Tarlev |
| President2: | Vladimir Voronin |
| Term Start2: | 27 February 2002 |
| Term End2: | 31 March 2008 |
| Predecessor2: | Vasile Drăgănel |
| Successor2: | Valentin Mejinschi |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Frăsineşti, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Party: | Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova |
| Otherparty: | Communist Party of Moldova |
| Profession: | Jurist |
| Rank: | General |
| Allegiance: | |
| Branch: | Soviet Army Trupele de Carabinieri |
Gheorghe Papuc (born 6 May 1954) is a Moldovan politician.
He was born in early May in the city of Ungheni, an area west of Chișinău in the Moldovan SSR. After graduating from the high school in 1971, he enrolled in the Soviet Armed Forces. In 1978, he graduated from the Felix Dzherzhinsky Military High School in Saratov. After studying there, he began to enroll in a Russian law school. Papuc began to become more active in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union. In 1991, he graduated from the Tashkent MVD High School (now the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan). Between 1992 and 1997, Papuc held leading positions in the MAI of Moldova and the MVD in the Russian Federation, leading several detached units in the Kabardino-Balkaria. He returned to Moldova in 1997 to lead a special operations brigade in the armed forces. He became the Moldovan Minister of the Interior on 27 February 2002, and would serve in this position until 31 March 2008 and serve a second time from 27 October 2008 - 25 September 2009.