George Tofan ( â 15 July 1920) was a writer and official from Austro Hungary, the Moldavian Democratic Republic, and Romania. He was the editor in chief of magazine (1907); also, George Tofan was a journalist and official in ChiÃÂinÃÂu.
George Tofan was born on , in Bilca (at the time in Austria-Hungary, now in Romania), studied in Suceava (1892âÂÂ1900) and graduated from the Chernowitz University (1904). He contributed to Junimea literarà(1904), ViaÃÂa Româneascà(1906), Patria, and Foaia poporului (1909). On 31 January 1909 he became the president of the Teacher Training Resource Centre "George Tofan". Also, he was the secretary of "Societatea pentru Cultura ÃÂi Literatura Românàîn Bucovina".
In 1914, Tofan was appointed as an inspector for the Romanian private schools and director of a school from Bazargic (today Dobrich). In 1917, together with Onisifor Ghibu, Tofan edited ÃÂcoala MoldoveneascÃÂ in ChiÃÂinÃÂu; there he was a founder of the National Moldavian Party. On 6 November 1918 he was appointed as school inspector in ChiÃÂinÃÂu. In April 1919 Tofan was "Departamentul InstrucÃÂiunii Publice din Bucovina" in CernÃÂuÃÂi, where he died a year later.