Petru Buburuz Explained

Petru Buburuz
Term Start3:1989
Term End3:1991
Birth Date:26 September 1937
Spouse:Nadejda
Children:Iurie, Vladimir

Petru Buburuz (born 26 September 1937, Durleşti) is an Orthodox parish priest and politician from the Republic of Moldova. He served as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and editor in chief of Luminătorul.[1]

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 Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[2]

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 as an unofficial candidate affiliated with informal national movements. He was also a contributor to Glasul (for which he has been admonished by the Chişinău metropolitanate).[3] On 27 August 1989, Buburuz blessed the Grand National Assembly in Chişinău.

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Notes and References

  1. [Vladimir Socor]
  2. http://www.literaturasiarta.md/pressview.php?l=ro&idc=3&id=934&zidc=1 Zece argumente în susţinerea candidaturii acad. Nicolae Dabija la funcţia de deputat în Parlamentul României
  3. [Vladimir Socor]