Vasile Bahnaru (born 24 October 1949) is a philologist from the Republic of Moldova. ^[1]

Vasile Bahnaru was a founder of the Popular Front of Moldova. He was a member of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova, ^[2] and currently is the acting director of the Academy's Philology Institute. ^[3]

• " Grigore Vieru" Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova; the Prize worth 30,000 lei. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

• The monograph “Elements of Romanian Semasiology”. ^[8]

• 50 de personalităţi ale epocee 87-89
• Vasile BAHNARU – 60 years
• (in Romanian) Preşedintele interimar al Republicii Moldova Mihai Ghimpu a emis un decret prezidenţial privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea şi aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova.
• Moldovan authorities going to condemn communist regime…
• Hundreds of thousands of cases to be examined by commission for combating Communism Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.privesc.eu/?p=1884 – The first press conference of the Commission, Moldpress, January 18, 2010. Video.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100309165120/http://www.timpul.md/article/2010/01/18/5881 – interview with Gheorghe Cojocaru, president of the Commission.
• (in Romanian) Vladimir Tismăneanu, Un moment istoric: Comisia de studiere a comunismului
• Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova