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)
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 [ro]	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 [ro]	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 [ro]	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 [ro]	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).

[1] Initially independent, subsequently adhered to the PNL after the 1996 general election.

[2] Initially elected on the lists of the Civic Alliance Foundation (PAC)

[3] Dolana, Andra (6 April 2015). "Marian Vanghelie, suspendat de la Primăria Sectorului 5. Cine a preluat interimatul". România Liberă (in Romanian).

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