| Ion Păduraru | |
| Office: | Secretary General of the Office of the President of Moldova |
| Termstart: | 6 April 2012 |
| Termend: | 23 December 2016 |
| President: | Nicolae Timofti |
| Successor: | Ruslan Flocea |
| Office1: | Minister of Justice |
| Termstart1: | 22 May 1998 |
| Termend1: | 21 December 1999 |
| President1: | Petru Lucinschi |
| Primeminister1: | Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza |
| Predecessor1: | Vasile Sturza |
| Successor1: | Valeria Șterbeț |
| Birth Place: | Țipletești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Honorific Suffix: | OR |
Ion Păduraru (born 18 January 1961) is a Moldovan lawyer, judge and former politician who held the office of Minister of Justice of Moldova from 1998 until 1999.[1] [2]