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Daniel Ciugureanu
Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
In office 16 January 1918 – 8 April 1918
President	Ion Inculeț
Preceded by	Pantelimon Erhan
Succeeded by	Petru Cazacu
Minister of State for Bessarabia
In office 9 April 1918 – 23 October 1918
Prime Minister	Alexandru Marghiloman
In office 24 October 1918 – 28 November 1918
Prime Minister	Constantin Coandă
In office 29 November 1918 – 26 September 1919
Prime Minister	Ion I. C. Brătianu
In office 27 September 1919 – 30 November 1919
Prime Minister	Artur Văitoianu
Personal details
Born	(1885-12-09)9 December 1885 Șirăuți, Bessarabia Governorate
Died	19 May 1950(1950-05-19) (aged 64) Sighet Prison, Romanian People's Republic
Resting place	Cernica Monastery
Alma mater	Kyiv Imperial University of Saint Vladimir
Profession	Surgeon
Awards	Order of the Crown (Romania), Grand Cross Order of the Star of Romania, Grand Officer National Order of Faithful Service, Grand Officer

Daniel Ciugureanu (pronunciation: [daniˈel tʃjuɡuˈre̯anu]; 9 December 1885 – 19 May 1950) was a Romanian politician from Bessarabia, deputy in Sfatul Țării from Chișinău, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic from 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918–21 April [O.S. 8 April] 1918, Minister for Bessarabia in four Romanian Governments, Deputy and Senator, vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, vice-president and President of the Senate of Kingdom of Romania.

He was born in 1885 in Șirăuți, Khotinsky Uyezd, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, the son of Alexandru Ciugureanu, a priest, and his wife, Ecaterina, a teacher. After attending secondary school in Bălți and the theological seminary in Chișinău, he enrolled in 1905 at the Kyiv Imperial University of Saint Vladimir, graduating from medical school in 1912.

Ciugureanu was one of the founders and leaders of the National Moldavian Party and one of the promoters of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. On 6 February [O.S. 24 January] 1918, the Sfatul Țării voted unanimously to proclaim the independence of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. The Board of Directors became the Council of Ministers, and Ciugureanu was elected Prime Minister of the new republic. In fact, it was a reconfirmation of the function in the light of the fact that he was elected First Director on 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918.

After the Union of Bessarabia with Romania he served as minister for Bessarabia in four Romanian governments from 9 April 1918 to 30 November 1919.

Ciugureanu was arrested on 5 May 1950 by the communist authorities of Romania. While being transported in a van, he had a stroke at Turda. According to some sources, he died at a nearby hospital the next day; according to official records of the Securitate, he died several days later at Sighet Prison. He was buried at the Sighetu Marmației Paupers Cemetery [ro], in a common grave.

As his grave is not known, in 1993 a cross was installed at the Sighet Cemetery, while his son, Gheorghe Ciugureanu, had a cenotaph erected at the cemetery next to Cernica Monastery, near Bucharest.

See also

• Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet

References

1. Scorpan, Constantin (1997). Istoria României: Enciclopedie. Nemira. ISBN 9789735691806.
2. ^ Pădurean, Bianca (May 19, 2020). "Artizani ai Marii Uniri umiliți și uciși de comuniști. Astăzi, Daniel Ciugureanu" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
3. ^ Colesnic, Iurie (April 6, 2016). "În culisele Istoriei: Medic chirurg… Prim-ministru… Martir". Timpul (in Romanian). Retrieved October 27, 2021.

External links

• Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance

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Moldavian DR	Pantelimon Erhan Daniel Ciugureanu Petru Cazacu
Moldavian SSR	Tihon Konstantinov Nicolae Coval Gherasim Rudi Alexandru Diordiță Petru Pascari Semion Grossu Ion Ustian Ivan Calin Petru Pascari Mircea Druc
Republic of Moldova	Valeriu Muravschi Andrei Sangheli Ion Ciubuc Ion Sturza Dumitru Braghiș Vasile Tarlev Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog* Vladimir Filat Iurie Leancă Chiril Gaburici Natalia Gherman* Valeriu Streleț Gheorghe Brega* Pavel Filip Maia Sandu Aureliu Ciocoi* Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean
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v t e Moldavian Democratic Republic
Topics	National Moldavian Party Sfatul Țării 1917 Sfatul Țării election Sfatul Țării Palace Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet Petru Cazacu Cabinet Rumcherod Romanian military intervention Union of Bessarabia with Romania
Directors	Bosie-Codreanu Catelli Cazacu Ciobanu Ciugureanu Cojocaru Cristi Erhan Grinfeld Ioncu Pântea Pelivan Savenco
Sfatul Țării members	Alexandri Alistar Almendinger Balmez Baltagă Teodor Bârcă Teodosie Bârcă V. Bârcă Bazhbeuk-Melikov Bivol Bocșan Bodescu Bogos Bosie-Codreanu Botnarciuc Brinici Buciușcan Budișteanu Budnicenko Buiuc Bujniță Buruiană Buzdugan Cara Caraiman Cărăuș G. Cazacliu I. Cazacliu V. Cazacliu Ceornega Cernăuțeanu Cernov Checerul Cuș Chiriac Chiorescu Chumachenko Cijevschi Ciorăscu Ciornei Ciugureanu Cocârlă Codreanu Corobceanu Costin Cotoros Covali Creangă Crihan Cristi Culcev Culeva Curdinovschi Diaconovici Donico-Iordăchescu Dragomir Dron Dudchievicz Dumitrașcu Epure Erhan Gafencu Găină Galețchi Ghenzul Gherman Grekulov Grinfeld Groapă Grosu Halippa Harbuz Harea I. Herța T. Herța Holban Ignatiuc Inculeț Ioncu Iurcu Kenigschatz Kiriloff Krivorukov Krupensky Landau Lașcu Lichtmann Lineff Loesch Maculețchi Maldor Mămăligă Mândrescu Manițchi Marchitan Mare Mârza Minciună Misirkov Moldovan Al. Moraru An. Moraru Munteanu Nagorniak Năstase Neaga Nichitiuc Novakov Osmolovski Osoianu Palii Panțâr Pântea Pascăluță Pelivan Picior-Mare Poliatenciuk Ponomarev Popa Prahnițchi Rudiev Rugină Sârbu Savenco Savciuc Sberea Scobioală Secară Silistaru Sinadino Sinicliu Slutski Soltuz Spinei Stanevici Starenki Stavrii Steinberg Stere Stroescu Sucevan N. Suruceanu T. Suruceanu Țanțu Tcepciu Topciu Tsyganko Tudor Tudose Al. Țurcan L. Țurcan Turcuman Uncu Valuță Vizitiu Zubac
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