Grigore ScafaruGrigore V. Scafaru was a Romanian politician from Bessarabia.BiographyScafaru was born in Ciuciuleni. He served as mayor of Ciuciuleni and member of the Parliament of Romania. After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Grigore Scafaru was deported to Sverdlovsk. He was the father of Valentina Scafaru-Sturza, the chairwoman of the Association of Former Deportees and Political Detainees.AwardsScafaru was awarded the "Crucea de Aur" by Carol II of Romania.