Gheorghe V. Buzdugan (February 10, 1867 – October 7, 1929) was a

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n jurist and politician. Born in

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, Buzdugan studied law at the

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, after which he served as a judge. Assigned to

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in early 1892, he was transferred to

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late that year. He later moved to

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, serving until 1900, when he was sent to

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. He also worked in

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. He reached

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in 1902, joining the appeals court in 1905, and the

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in 1910. He became section president there in 1919, and was overall president from 1924 to 1927. He resigned from the magistracy in order to become a member of the regency (alongside Prince Nicholas and Patriarch Miron Cristea) acting on behalf of the minor

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. Elected an honorary

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in 1929, he died the same year, being replaced by . After lying in state at the

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, Buzdugan was buried in the family crypt at Faraoani,

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. A nearby village was renamed ''Gheorghe Buzdugan''; this lasted until the early

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, which called the place

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.Domnița Tomescu, “The Change of Names in 20th Century Romanian Toponymy”, in Oliviu Felecan (ed.), ''Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives'', p. 359. Cambridge:

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, 2012,

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