Mayor of Chișinău
| Mayor of Chișinău | |
|---|---|
| Primarul general al municipiului Chișinău | |
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| Style | Mr. Mayor |
| Seat | Chișinău |
| Appointer | Direct popular vote |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Anghel Nour |
| Website | chisinau.md |
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The Mayor of Chișinău, officially the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chișinău (Romanian: Primar general al municipiul Chișinău), is the head of the executive branch of Chișinău's government and a member of the city's Municipal Council.
History
The first mayor of Chișinău was Anghel Nour in 1817. In 1941, the office was abolished. After the end of the Soviet era and the re-establishment of the office in 1990, Nicolae Costin became the first democratically elected mayor.
List of mayors
Throughout the passing of time, the mayors of the city of Chișinău have been the following ones:
Russian Empire
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anghel Nour | 1817 | 1821 | First mayor of the city |
| 2 | Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1821 | 1831 | |
| 3 | Stavru Dimu | 1831 | 1833 | |
| (2) | Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1834 | 1836 | Second time serving as mayor |
| 4 | Pantelimon I. Sinadino | 1837 | 1839 | |
| 1840 | 1842 | Second time serving as mayor | ||
| (2) | Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1843 | 1845 | Second time serving as mayor |
| 5 | Dimitrie Durdufi | 1846 | 1848 | |
| 6 | Dimitrie Mincu | 1849 | 1854 | |
| 7 | Anghel Nicolau | 1855 | 1858 | |
| (6) | Dimitrie Mincu | 1858 | 1860 | Second time serving as mayor |
| 1861 | 1866 | Third time serving as mayor | ||
| 8 | Adam Krijanovski | 1867 | 1869 | |
| 9 | Pavel Gumalic | 1870 | 1871 | |
| 10 | Clemente Șumanski | 1871 | 1877 | |
| 11 | Carol Schmidt | 1877 | 1903 | First ethnic German mayor of the city (more specifically Bessarabian German) |
| 12 | Leopold Siținski | 1904 | 1905 | |
| 13 | Pantelimon V. Sinadino | 1905 | 1910 | National Liberal Party (PNL) |
| 14 | Iulian Levinski | 1910 | 1917 |
Moldavian Democratic Republic
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Alexander Schmidt | 1917 | 1918 | Second ethnic German mayor of the city (more specifically Bessarabian German), son of Carol Schmidt |
Kingdom of Romania
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Vladimir Herța | 1918 | 1919 | National Liberal Party (PNL) | |
| 17 | Teodor Cojocaru | 1919 | 1920 | ||
| (14) | Iulian Levinski | 1920 | 1922 | Second time serving as mayor | |
| 18 | Vasile Bârcă | 1922 | 1923 | National Liberal Party (PNL) | |
| 19 | Gherman Pântea | 1923 | 1923 | ||
| 20 | Nicolae Bivol | 1923 | 1924 | ||
| (18) | Vasile Bârcă | 1924 | 1925 | ||
| (20) | Nicolae Bivol | 1925 | 1926 | ||
| 21 | Sebastian Teodorescu | 1926 | 1927 | ||
| (19) | Gherman Pântea | 1927 | 1928 | National Liberal Party (PNL) | |
| 22 | Ion Negrescu | 1928 | 1931 | ||
| 23 | Constantin Ionescu | 1931 | 1932 | ||
| (19) | Gherman Pântea | 1932 | 1932 | National Liberal Party (PNL) | |
| 24 | Dimitrie Bogos | 1932 | 1933 | National Peasants' Party (PNȚ) | |
| 25 | Ion Costin | 1933 | 1937 | ||
| – | Alexandru Sibirski (acting/ad interim) | 1937 | 1938 | Acting mayor | |
| 26 | Constantin Dardan | 1938 | 1938 | ||
| 27 | Reindhold Scheibler | 1938 | 1938 | Third ethnic German (more specifically Bessarabian German) mayor of the city | |
| 28 | Vladimir Cristi | 1938 | 1940 | National Liberal Party (PNL) | |
| 29 | Anibal Dobjanski | 1941 | 1941 | Bessarabian Polish | |
Moldavian SSR
Chairmen of the Chișinău City Executive Committee.
| Nº | Chairman | From | Until | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolae Vizitei | 1944 | 1946 | Moldavian Communist Party under the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 2 | Dmitry Smirnov | 1946 | 1950 | |
| 3 | Konstantin Sablin | 1950 | 1953 | |
| 4 | Anatoly Maryutin | 1953 | 1955 | Communist Party of Moldavia under the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 5 | Boris Tanashevsky | 1955 | 1959 | |
| 6 | Macar Godoba | 1959 | 1961 | |
| 7 | Mihail Dieur | 1961 | 1966 | |
| 8 | Anatoly Damaskin | 1966 | 1970 | |
| 9 | Ivan Kuskevich | 1970 | 1973 | |
| 10 | Vladimir Zakharov | 1973 | 1975 | |
| 11 | Nicolae Uzun | 1975 | 1981 | |
| 12 | Vladimir Semyonov | 1981 | 1985 | |
| 13 | Mihail Platon | 1985 | 1987 | |
| 14 | Ion Guțu | 1987 | 1989 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Dobrea | 1989 | 1990 | |
| 16 | Mihai Severovan | 1990 | ||
Republic of Moldova
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Party | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Nicolae Costin | 1990 | 9 August 1994 | Popular Front (FPM) | — |
| 31 | Serafim Urechean | 9 August 1994 | 18 April 2005 | Our Moldova Alliance/Liberal Democratic Party (AMN/PLDM) | 1995 1999 2003 |
| – | Mihai Furtună (acting/ad interim) | 18 April 2005 | 28 April 2005 | Independent | — |
| – | Vasile Ursu (acting/ad interim) | 28 April 2005 | 25 January 2007 | Party of Communists (PCRM) | 2005 |
| – | Veaceslav Iordan (acting/ad interim) | 25 January 2007 | 18 June 2007 | Party of Communists (PCRM) | — |
| 32 | Dorin Chirtoacă | 18 June 2007 | 28 July 2017 | Liberal Party (PL) | 2007 2011 2015 |
| – | Nistor Grozavu (acting/ad interim) | 4 August 2017 | 6 November 2017 | Liberal Party (PL) | — |
| – | Silvia Radu (acting/ad interim) | 6 November 2017 | 25 April 2018 | Independent | |
| – | Ruslan Codreanu (acting/ad interim) | 25 April 2018 | 4 July 2019 | European People's Party (PPEM) | |
| – | Adrian Talmaci (acting/ad interim) | 4 July 2019 | 8 October 2019 | Liberal Party (PL) | |
| 33 | Andrei Năstase | 8 October 2019 | 10 October 2019 | Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA) | 2018 |
| – | Adrian Talmaci (acting/ad interim) | 10 October 2019 | 4 November 2019 | Liberal Party (PL) | — |
| (33) | Andrei Năstase | 4 November 2019 | 5 November 2019 | Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA) | |
| – | Adrian Talmaci (acting/ad interim) | 5 November 2019 | 11 November 2019 | Liberal Party (PL) | |
| 34 | Ion Ceban | 11 November 2019 | present | Party of Socialists (PSRM) | 2019 |
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