Gheorghe Papuc

Gheorghe Papuc
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 27 October 2008 – 25 September 2009
President	Vladimir Voronin Mihai Ghimpu (acting)
Prime Minister	Zinaida Greceanîi Vitalie Pîrlog (acting)
Preceded by	Valentin Mejinschi
Succeeded by	Alexei Roibu
In office 27 February 2002 – 31 March 2008
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Vasile Drăgănel
Succeeded by	Valentin Mejinschi
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-06) 6 May 1954 (age 70) Frăsineşti, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Moldova
Profession	Jurist
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Moldova
Branch/service	Soviet Army Trupele de Carabinieri
Rank	General

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.

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