Mayor of Bucharest

General Mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest
Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului București
Coat of arms of Bucharest
Incumbent
Nicușor Dan
since 29 October 2020
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderGeneral Barbu Vlădoianu [ro]
Formation7 August 1864
Websitehttp://www.pmb.ro/

The Mayor of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului București), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards. The title of General Mayor is sometimes used to distinguish the office from that of the mayors that lead each of Bucharest's six administrative sectors, and which are responsible for local area affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools and cleaning services. All decisions of the mayor have to be approved by the 55-seat General Council of Bucharest.

The office was created on 7 August 1864, when a new French-style local administration law was adopted.

The two before last elections saw Sorin Oprescu elected as Mayor of Bucharest, for the first time in June 2008 and afterwards for a second term in June 2012. On 6 September 2015, Sorin Oprescu was detained on suspicion of corruption and bribery charges.[1][2]

On 15 September 2015, he was replaced by a general council elected deputy-mayor for the remainder of his term which ended the following year.[3]

On 5 June 2016, Gabriela Firea was elected Mayor with 246,553 votes (42.97%)[4] and she was sworn in on 23 June.[5]

On 27 September 2020, Nicușor Dan was elected Mayor and he was sworn in on 29 October.[6]

On 9 June 2024, Dan was re-elected as Mayor of Bucharest and is expected to begin his new term in October, planning to focus more on the traffic problems of Bucharest, while renewing public transport still remains one of his priorities.

  1. ^ "Romania corruption: Bucharest mayor arrested". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Sorin Oprescu, Bucharest mayor, detained on bribery suspicion". CBC. September 6, 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "UPDATE Marin Ștefănel Dan a fost ales primar general interimar al Capitalei – AGERPRES". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  4. ^ "Voturi obtinute de competitori la PG de competitori pe sectoare" (in Romanian). Central Electoral Committee. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Gabriela Firea este oficial primar al Capitalei" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Nicușor Dan a depus jurământul ca primar general al Capitalei: "Nu ne-am luptat pentru jucării!"" (in Romanian). Digi24. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.