Born in Focșani, Buzdugan studied law at the University of Bucharest, after which he served as a judge.

Assigned to Piatra Neamț in early 1892, he was transferred to Râmnicu Sărat late that year.

[1][2][3] He resigned from the magistracy in order to become a member of the regency (alongside Prince Nicholas and Patriarch Miron Cristea) acting on behalf of the minor King Michael.

[1] Elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1929,[4] he died the same year,[1] being replaced by Constantin Sărățeanu [ro].

[5] After lying in state at the Romanian Athenaeum, Buzdugan was buried in the family crypt at Faraoani, Bacău County.