List of mayors of Bucharest
This article consists of several lists highlighting the political figures who, from 1864 onwards, have been serving as the Mayors of Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. The article comprises a main list showcasing the mayors of the city proper as well as several other smaller lists displaying the mayors of the six constituent Sectors of Bucharest (i.e. Sector 1, Sector 2, Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, respectively Sector 6).
Mayors of the city proper (1864–present)
- Political legend
National Liberal Party (PNL)
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD)
National Salvation Front (FSN)/Democratic Party (PD)
Military (General or Colonel)
Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
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1 | General Barbu Vlădoianu | 7 August 1864 | October, 1865 | Military |
2 | Constantin I. Iliescu | November, 1865 | March, 1866 | – |
3 | Dimitrie C. Brătianu | March, 1866 | March, 1867 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
4 | Panait Costache | March, 1867 | November, 1868 | – |
5 | Panait Iatropol | November, 1868 | March, 1869 | – |
6 | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino | May, 1869 | January, 1870 | Conservative Party (PC) |
7 | Eftimie Diamandescu | February, 1870 | September, 1870 | – |
8 | General Christian Tell | November, 1870 | January, 1871 | Conservative Party (PC) |
9 | C. A. Rosetti | January, 1871 | March, 1871 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
10 | Scarlat Cretzulescu | May, 1871 | December, 1872 | – |
(1) | General Barbu Vlădoianu | December, 1862 | May, 1873 | Military |
11 | N.C. Brăiloiu | June, 1873 | September, 1873 | – |
12 | General George Manu | October, 1873 | April, 1877 | Conservative Party (PC) |
(9) | C. A. Rosetti | April, 1877 | August, 1877 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
13 | Dimitrie Cariadgi | December, 1878 | November, 1883 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
14 | Michail Török | November, 1883 | January, 1884 | – |
15 | Nicolae Fleva | January, 1884 | April, 1886 | Conservative Party (PC) |
16 | N. Manolescu | June, 1886 | November, 1886 | – |
17 | Ion Câmpineanu | November, 1886 | April, 1888 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
18 | Emilian Pake-Protopopescu | April, 1888 | December, 1891 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
19 | Dimitrie Orbescu | December, 1891 | June, 1892 | – |
20 | Grigore Trandafil | June, 1892 | February, 1893 | Conservative Party (PC) |
21 | Nicolae Filipescu | February, 1893 | October, 1895 | Conservative Party (PC) |
22 | Petre S. Aurelian | October, 1895 | December, 1895 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
23 | C.F. Robescu | January, 1896 | April, 1899 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
24 | Nicolae Filipescu | April, 1899 | June, 1899 | Conservative Party (PC) |
25 | Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea | June, 1899 | February, 1901 | – |
26 | Emil Costinescu | February, 1901 | April, 1901 | – |
27 | Procop Ion Dumitrescu | April, 1901 | November, 1902 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
(23) | C.F. Robescu | November, 1902 | December, 1904 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
28 | Mihai G. Cantacuzino | December, 1904 | March, 1907 | Conservative Party (PC) |
29 | C. Costescu Comăneanu | April, 1907 | June, 1907 | – |
30 | Vintilă Ion Brătianu | June, 1907 | February, 1910 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
(27) | Procop Ion Dumitrescu | February, 1910 | January, 1911 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
31 | Dimitrie Dobrescu | January, 1911 | October, 1912 | Conservative Party (PC) |
32 | C. Istrati | October, 1912 | March, 1913 | Conservative Party (PC) |
33 | Grigore Gheorghe Cantacuzino | March, 1913 | December, 1913 | Conservative Party (PC) |
34 | G. Ion Saiţă | January, 1914 | March, 1914 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
35 | Emil Petrescu | March, 1914 | November, 1916 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
36 | Colonel Victor Verzea | November, 1916 | June, 1917 | Military |
37 | Dem. Bragadiru | June, 1917 | August, 1917 | – |
38 | Ion Dobrovici | August, 1917 | November, 1918 | – |
(35) | Emil Petrescu | November, 1918 | December, 1918 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
39 | C. Hălăuceanu | December, 1918 | September, 1919 | – |
40 | Pandele Tăruşanu | October, 1919 | January, 1920 | – |
41 | Gheorghe Gheorghian | January, 1920 | February, 1922 | – |
42 | Matei Gheorghe Corbescu | February, 1922 | December, 1922 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
43 | Lucian Skupiewski | February, 1922 | April, 1923 | – |
44 | Ion Costinescu | April, 1923 | April, 1926 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
45 | Anibal Teodorescu | April, 1926 | July, 1927 | – |
(44) | Ion Costinescu | July, 1927 | November, 1928 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
46 | Gheorghe Gheorghian | December, 1928 | January, 1929 | – |
47 | Dem I. Dobrescu | February, 1929 | January, 1934 | National Peasants' Party (PNȚ) |
48 | Al. Gheorghe Donescu | March, 1934 | January, 1938 | – |
49 | Constantin C. Braiesku | January, 1938 | February, 1938 | – |
50 | Iulian Peter | February, 1938 | September, 1938 | – |
51 | General Victor Dombrovski | September, 1938 | September, 1940 | Military |
52 | Gheorghe Ion Vântu | September, 1940 | February, 1941 | – |
53 | General Rodrig Modreanu | February, 1941 | December, 1941 | Military |
54 | General Constantin Florescu | December, 1941 | October, 1942 | Military |
55 | General Ioan Rășcanu | October, 1942 | August, 1944 | Military |
(51) | General Victor Dombrovski | August, 1944 | February, 1948 | Military |
56 | Nicolae Pârvulescu | August, 1948 | February, 1949 | Military |
57 | Nicolae Voiculescu | February, 1949 | December, 1950 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
58 | Gheorghe Roman | December, 1950 | December, 1951 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
59 | Anton Tatu Jianu | January, 1952 | June, 1952 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
60 | Jean Ilie | July, 1952 | March, 1953 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
61 | Crăciun Blidaru | April, 1953 | January, 1954 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
62 | Gheorghe Vidrașcu | January, 1954 | February, 1955 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
63 | Stefan Bălan | March, 1955 | January, 1956 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
64 | Anton Vlădoiu | February, 1956 | March, 1958 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
65 | Dumitru Diaconescu | March, 1958 | April, 1962 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
66 | Ion Cosma | April, 1962 | February, 1968 | Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) |
67 | Dumitru Popa | February, 1968 | 1971 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
68 | Gheorghe Cioară | 1971 | 1975 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
69 | Ion Dincă | 1976 | 1980 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
70 | Gheorghe Pană | 1981 | 1985 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
71 | Constantin Olteanu | 1986 | 1988 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
72 | Radu Constantin | 1988 | 1989 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
73 | Barbu Petrescu | 1989 | 1990 | Romanian Communist Party (PCR) |
74 | Dan Predescu | January, 1990 | July, 1990 | National Salvation Front (FSN) |
75 | Ștefan Ciurel | July, 1990 | November, 1990 | National Salvation Front (FSN) |
76 | Viorel Oproiu | November, 1990 | September, 1991 | National Salvation Front (FSN) |
77 | Doru Viorel Pană | September, 1991 | February, 1992 | National Salvation Front (FSN) |
78 | Crin Halaicu | February, 1992 | June, 1996 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
79 | Victor Ciorbea | June, 1996 | March, 1998 | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢCD)1 |
80 | Viorel Lis | January, 1997 | June, 2000 | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢCD)2 |
81 | Traian Băsescu | June, 2000 | December, 2004 | Democratic Party (PD) |
— | Răzvan Murgeanu (ad interim) | December, 2004 | April, 2005 | Democratic Party (PD) |
82 | Adriean Videanu | April, 2005 | 19 June 2008 | Democratic Party (PD)/Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) |
83 | Sorin Oprescu | 19 June 2008 | 15 September 2015 | Independent (backed by PSD) |
— | Ștefănel Dan Marin (ad interim) | 15 September 2015 | 25 November 2015 | National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) |
— | Răzvan Sava (ad interim) | 25 November 2015 | 23 June 2016 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
84 | Gabriela Firea | 23 June 2016 | 27 September 2020 | Social Democratic Party (PSD) |
85 | Nicușor Dan | 29 October 2020 | present | Independent, supported by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the USR-PLUS Alliance |
Notes:
1 Served as Mayor until December 1996.
2 Served as ad interim Mayor while Victor Ciorbea was Prime Minister from January 1997 to April 1998.
Mayors of the sectors of Bucharest
Sector 1
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Flor Pomponiu | 1992 | 1996 | PNL |
2 | George Pădure | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNL[1] |
3 | Vasile Gherasim | 18 June 2000 | 20 June 2004 | PD |
4 | Andrei Chiliman | 20 June 2004 | 2016 | PNL |
5 | Daniel Tudorache | 6 June 2016 | 27 September 2020 | PSD |
6 | Clotilde Armand | 28 September 2020 | present | USR |
Sector 2
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Popovăț | 1992 | 1996 | PNL[2] |
2 | Vladimir Popescu | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNȚCD |
3 | Neculai Onțanu | 18 June 2000 | 23 March 2016 | PSD |
4 | Mihai Toader | 23 March 2016 | 27 September 2020 | PSD |
5 | Radu Mihaiu | 28 September 2020 | present | USR |
Sector 3
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Constantin Tutunaru | 1992 | 1996 | PNȚCD |
2 | Sorin Paliga | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNL |
3 | Eugen Pleșca | 18 June 2000 | 20 June 2004 | PSD |
4 | Liviu Negoiță | 20 June 2004 | 10 June 2012 | PD/PDL |
5 | Robert Negoiță | 10 June 2012 | 27 September 2020 | PSD |
6 | Robert Negoiță | 28 September 2020 | present | PB 2020 |
Sector 4
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eugen Bujoreanu | 1992 | 1996 | PSD |
2 | Marin Luțu | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNȚCD |
3 | Vasile Mihalache | 18 June 2000 | 20 June 2004 | PSD |
4 | Adrian Inimăroiu | 20 June 2004 | 15 June 2008 | PNL |
5 | Cristian Popescu Piedone | 15 June 2008 | 4 November 2015 | PC/ALDE |
6 | Daniel Băluță | 4 November 2015 | Incumbent | PSD |
Sector 5
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicolae Bâzoi | 1992 | 1996 | PNL |
2 | Călin Cătălin Chiriță | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNȚCD |
3 | Marian Vanghelie | 18 June 2000 | 6 April 2015[3] | PSDR/PSD |
— | Dan Croitoru (ad interim) | 6 April 2015 | 2016 | PNL |
4 | Daniel Florea | 5 June 2016 | 27 September 2020 | PSD |
5 | Cristian Popescu Piedone | 28 September 2020 | present | PPU-SL |
Sector 6
Nº | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes (political party) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicolae Vrăbiescu | 1992 | 1996 | PNȚCD |
2 | Ion Dinuță | 16 June 1996 | 18 June 2000 | PNȚCD |
3 | Dan Darabonț | 18 June 2000 | 20 June 2004 | PSD |
4 | Cristian Poteraș | 20 June 2004 | 10 June 2012 | PNL |
5 | Rareș Mănescu | 10 June 2012 | 5 June 2016 | PNL |
6 | Gabriel Mutu | 5 June 2016 | 27 September 2020 | PSD |
7 | Ciprian Ciucu | 28 September 2020 | present | PNL |
References
- Initially independent, subsequently adhered to the PNL after the 1996 general election.
- Initially elected on the lists of the Civic Alliance Foundation (PAC)
- Dolana, Andra (6 April 2015). "Marian Vanghelie, suspendat de la Primăria Sectorului 5. Cine a preluat interimatul". România Liberă (in Romanian).