List of mayors of Bucharest

Last updated May 28, 2025

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)

National Peasants' Party (PNȚ)/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)/National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR)

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
1	General Barbu Vlădoianu [ ro ]	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 [ ro ]	March 1867	November 1868	–
5	Panait Iatropol [ ro ]	November 1868	March 1869	–
6	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino	May 1869	January 1870	Conservative Party (PC)
7	Eftimie Diamandescu [ ro ]	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 Kretzulescu [ ro ]	May 1871	December 1872	–
(1)	General Barbu Vlădoianu [ ro ]	December 1872	May 1873	Military
11	Constantin N. 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 Cariagdi	December 1878	November 1883	National Liberal Party (PNL)
14	Michail Török [ ro ]	November 1883	January 1884	–
15	Nicolae Fleva	January 1884	April 1886	Conservative Party (PC)
16	Nicolae Manolescu [ ro ]	June 1886	November 1886	–
17	Ion Câmpineanu	November 1886	April 1888	National Liberal Party (PNL)
18	Emilian Pake-Protopopescu [ ro ]	April 1888	December 1891	National Liberal Party (PNL)
19	Dimitrie Orbescu [ ro ]	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	Constantin F. Robescu [ ro ]	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	Procopie Ioan Dumitrescu [ ro ]	April 1901	November 1902	National Liberal Party (PNL)
(23)	Constantin F. Robescu [ ro ]	November 1902	December 1904	National Liberal Party (PNL)
28	Mihail G. Cantacuzino	December 1904	March 1907	Conservative Party (PC)
29	C. Costescu Comăneanu [ ro ]	April 1907	June 1907	–
30	Vintilă I. C. Brătianu	June 1907	February 1910	National Liberal Party (PNL)
(27)	Procopie Ioan Dumitrescu [ ro ]	February 1910	January 1911	National Liberal Party (PNL)
31	Dimitrie Dobrescu	January 1911	October 1912	Conservative Party (PC)
32	Constantin Istrati	October 1912	March 1913	Conservative Party (PC)
33	Grigore Gheorghe Cantacuzino	March 1913	December 1913	Conservative Party (PC)
34	Ion Gheorghe Saita [ ro ]	January 1914	March 1914	National Liberal Party (PNL)
35	Emil C. Petrescu [ ro ]	March 1914	November 1916	National Liberal Party (PNL)
36	Colonel Victor Verzea [ ro ]	November 1916	June 1917	Military
37	Dem. Bragadiru	June 1917	August 1917	–
38	Ion Dobrovici	August 1917	November 1918	–
(35)	Emil C. Petrescu [ ro ]	November 1918	December 1918	National Liberal Party (PNL)
39	Constantin Hălăuceanu	December 1918	September 1919	–
40	Pandele Tărușanu	October 1919	January 1920	–
41	Gheorghe Gheorghian	January 1920	February 1922	–
42	Matei Gheorghe Corbescu [ ro ]	February 1922	December 1922	National Liberal Party (PNL)
43	Lucian Skupiewski [ ro ]	February 1922	April 1923	–
44	Ioan Emil Costinescu [ ro ]	April 1923	April 1926	National Liberal Party (PNL)
45	Anibal Teodorescu [ ro ]	April 1926	July 1927	–
(44)	Ioan Emil Costinescu [ ro ]	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	Alexandru Gh. Donescu [ ro ]	March 1934	January 1938	–
49	Constantin C. Brăiesku	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 [ ro ]	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 [ ro ]	August 1948	February 1949	Military
57	Nicolae Voiculescu [ ro ]	February 1949	December 1950	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
58	Gheorghe Roman [ ro ]	December 1950	December 1951	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
59	Anton Tatu Jianu [ ro ]	January 1952	June 1952	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
60	Jean Ilie [ ro ]	July 1952	March 1953	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
61	Crăciun Blidaru [ ro ]	April 1953	January 1954	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
62	Gheorghe Vidrașcu [ ro ]	January 1954	February 1955	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
63	Ștefan Bălan [ ro ]	March 1955	January 1956	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
64	Anton Vlădoiu [ ro ]	February 1956	March 1958	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
65	Dumitru Diaconescu [ ro ]	March 1958	April 1962	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
66	Ion Cosma [ ro ]	April 1962	February 1968	Romanian Workers' Party (PMR)
67	Dumitru Popa [ ro ]	February 1968	24 April 1972	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
68	Gheorghe Cioară [ ro ]	24 April 1972	1 June 1976	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
69	Ion Dincă	19 June 1976	1 February 1979	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
70	Gheorghe Pană [ ro ]	1 February 1979	16 December 1985	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
71	Constantin Olteanu	16 December 1985	June 1988	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
72	Radu Constantin [ ro ]	June 1988	7 February 1989	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
73	Barbu Petrescu [ ro ]	7 February 1989	22 December 1989	Romanian Communist Party (PCR)
74	Dan Predescu [ ro ]	20 January 1990	23 July 1990	National Salvation Front (FSN)
75	Ștefan-Constantin Ciurel [ ro ]	24 July 1990	16 November 1990	National Salvation Front (FSN)
76	Nicolae Viorel Oproiu [ ro ]	18 November 1990	2 September 1991	National Salvation Front (FSN)
77	Doru Viorel Pană [ ro ]	3 September 1991	23 February 1992	National Salvation Front (FSN)
78	Crin Halaicu [ ro ]	23 February 1992	19 June 1996	National Liberal Party (PNL)
79	Victor Ciorbea	19 June 1996	11 December 1996	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD)¹
80	Viorel Lis [ ro ]	16 January 1997	26 June 2000	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD)²
81	Traian Băsescu	26 June 2000	20 December 2004	Democratic Party (PD)
—	Răzvan Murgeanu (ad interim)	20 December 2004	2 April 2005	Democratic Party (PD)
82	Adriean Videanu	2 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 (acting/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	26 May 2025	Independent (backed by PNL and USR PLUS)
—	Stelian Bujduveanu (acting)	26 May 2025	present	National Liberal Party (PNL)

Notes:

¹Served as Mayor until December 1996.
²Served as acting/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
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 October 2020	PSD
6	Clotilde Armand	27 October 2020	1 November 2024	USR
7	George Tuță	1 November 2024	present	PNL

Sector 2

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
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	PDSR/PSD
4	Mihai Toader	23 March 2016	27 October 2020	PSD
5	Radu Mihaiu	27 October 2020	1 November 2024	USR
6	Rareș Hopincă	1 November 2024	present	PSD

Sector 3

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
1	Constantin Tutunaru	23 February 1992	16 June 1996	PNȚCD
2	Sorin Paliga	16 June 1996	18 June 2000	PNL
3	Eugen Pleșca	18 June 2000	20 June 2004	PDSR/PSD
4	Liviu Negoiță	20 June 2004	10 June 2012	PD/PDL
5	Robert Negoiță	10 June 2012	present	PSD/PB 2020

Sector 4

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
1	Eugen Bujoreanu	1992	1996	FDSN/PDSR
2	Marin Luțu	16 June 1996	18 June 2000	PNȚCD
3	Vasile Mihalache	18 June 2000	20 June 2004	PDSR/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	present	PSD

Sector 5

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
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/PDSR/PSD
—	Dan Croitoru (acting/ad interim)	6 April 2015	2016	PNL
4	Daniel Florea	5 June 2016	27 October 2020	PSD
5	Cristian Popescu Piedone	27 October 2020	12 May 2022	PPU-SL/PUSL
—	Constantin Melnic (acting/ad interim)	14 June 2022	22 June 2023	PSD
5	Cristian Popescu Piedone	22 June 2023	1 November 2024	PUSL
6	Vlad Popescu Piedone	1 November 2024	present	PUSL

Sector 6

Nº	Name	Term start	Term end
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	PDSR/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 October 2020	PSD
7	Ciprian Ciucu	27 October 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).

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[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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