Daniel Ciugureanu (pronunciation: [daniˈel tʃjuɡuˈre̯anu]; 9 December 1885[1] – 19 May 1950[2]) was a Romanian politician from Bessarabia, deputy in Sfatul Țării from Chișinău, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic from 29 January [O.S.

He was born in 1885 in Șirăuți, Khotinsky Uyezd, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, the son of Alexandru Ciugureanu, a priest, and his wife, Ecaterina, a teacher.

Ciugureanu was one of the founders and leaders of the National Moldavian Party and one of the promoters of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.

24 January] 1918, the Sfatul Țării voted unanimously to proclaim the independence of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.

[2] He was buried at the Sighetu Marmației Paupers Cemetery [ro], in a common grave.