Dominic Fritz | |
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 Fritz giving a speech in February 2023 at the opening of Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture | |
| Mayor of Timișoara | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2020 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Nicolae Robu |
| President of the Save Romania Union | |
| In office 10 June 2024 – 26 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Cătălin Drulă |
| Succeeded by | Elena Lasconi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dominic Samuel Fritz 28 December 1983 Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Political party |
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| Spouse |
Yiran Lin (m. 2021) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Elisabetin, Timișoara[1] |
| Education | |
| Website | www |
Dominic Samuel Fritz (born 28 December 1983) is a German-born politician who has been serving as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, winning reelection in 2024. A member of the Save Romania Union, he is the only mayor in Romania without Romanian citizenship.[2]
Prior to becoming the mayor of Timișoara in 2020, Fritz was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens between 2009 and 2019 and also a political advisor to former German president Horst Köhler (whose parents were relocated to Nazi Germany from Rîșcani, northern Bessarabia, now Republic of Moldova) between 2016 and 2019. Fritz is a political scientist by profession.
- ^ Deaconescu, Roxana (23 October 2021). "Dominic Fritz se mută la curte. "Soția mea și-a dorit să crească copilul nostru într-o casă a ei. La Timișoara"". TION.
- ^ Rockhoff, Dani (28 September 2020). "Europa în mișcare – la Timișoara, un primar german get-beget, la Rostock, un primar danez". HotNews.ro.