Vasile Bumacov

Vasile Bumacov (born 1 January 1957) is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova in the Second Vlad Filat Cabinet from 14 January 2011 until 18 February 2015, after replacing Valeriu Cosarciuc (2009–2011) and it was succeeded by Ion Sula (2015–2016). He served also as the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry (1999–2001, 2009–2010). Since 2004, he has been a member of the Assembly of the Moldovan Academy of Sciences.

He commenced his diplomatic career as ambassador to Japan on 27 January 2016, and presented his credentials to Emperor Akihito, current Emperor Emeritus Akihito, at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 18 April that year. Ambassador Bumacov had fulfilled his diplomatic obligations to Japan until 31 July 2020, when the Cabinet of Moldova accepted his appointment as ambassador to South Korea.