Background
Scafaru was born in Ciuciuleni.
Scafaru was born in Ciuciuleni.
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 (Romanian: Asociaţia foştilor deportaţi şi deţinuţi politici).
He served as mayor of Ciuciuleni and member of the Parliament of Romania.