{"id":6120,"date":"2025-07-31T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:00:25","slug":"bucharest-mayoral-elections-expected-in-november-after-presidential-win-left-seat-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6120","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest mayoral elections expected in November after presidential win left seat vacant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s governing coalition agreed on July 30 to hold local elections for Bucharest Mayor in November, although the exact date has not yet been set, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/eveniment\/alegeri-in-noiembrie-la-bucuresti-nicusor-dan-pare-ca-si-a-ales-22867481?mc_cid=a9147a7199&amp;mc_eid=607bd7d763\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar <\/a>reported. The mayoral seat became vacant after former mayor Nicu\u015for Dan won the presidential election in May.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, president Nicu\u015for Dan met with the Save Romania Union (USR) candidate for the seat, C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103. During a press conference, the president appeared to indicate support for Drul\u0103, highlighting his expertise in urban transport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discussed with Mr. Drul\u0103 many things, especially related to transport in Bucharest. You know that he is passionate about this issue,\u201d Dan said.<\/p>\n<p>He also acknowledged the coalition\u2019s ongoing discussions on the election date, adding that Drul\u0103 \u201csure\u201d has the profile to be mayor of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Liberal Party (PNL) is reportedly considering Ciprian Ciucu, the current mayor of District 6, as its candidate. Ciucu was re-elected in the previous local elections with over 70% of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remus Grigore\/ Dreamstime<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s governing coalition agreed on July 30 to hold local elections for Bucharest Mayor in November, although the exact date has not yet been set, Ziarul Financiar reported. The mayoral seat became vacant after former mayor Nicu\u015for Dan won the presidential election in May. On the same day, president Nicu\u015for Dan met with the Save [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}