Ilia Uzun

Ilia Uzun
Acting Governor of Gagauzia
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 August 2025
Preceded byEvghenia Guțul
Personal details
Born (1967-05-16) 16 May 1967
Chioselia Rusă, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union (now Moldova)

Ilia Uzun (born on 16 May 1967) is a Moldovan politician who is currently the acting Governor of Gagauzia since August 2025.

He had been the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of UTA Gagauzia.

He had also been the deputy of several convocations of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia (the region's parliament).

He was a veterinarian by education. According to autobiographical data, he lives in the village of Chioselia Rusă (Gagauz: Köseli Rus).

Uzun has pro-Russian views, and supports Moldovan pro-Russian fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor. He is currently under European Union sanctions.

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