{"id":7711,"date":"2025-11-14T10:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7711"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:01:06","slug":"daniel-baluta-takes-helm-of-social-democratic-partys-bucharest-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7711","title":{"rendered":"Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 takes helm of Social Democratic Party\u2019s Bucharest branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103, the mayor of Bucharest\u2019s District 4 and the Social Democratic Party\u2019s (PSD) candidate for the capital\u2019s City Hall, took the helm of the party\u2019s Bucharest branch on Thursday, November 13, after being elected during an extraordinary conference. He was the sole contender for the position, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/politica\/daniel-baluta-a-fost-ales-seful-psd-bucuresti-primarul-sectorului-4-a-fost-singurul-candidat-la-aceasta-functie-3501507\" target=\"_blank\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his address to party members, B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 said the Bucharest branch must become \u201cthe engine of the party,\u201d adding that the organization should show it can govern \u201cwith reason, with heart, and with results.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu opened the conference by thanking former Bucharest branch leader Gabriela Firea for her decade of work at the head of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be here today alongside Daniel and the Bucharest team not only because we are approaching an electoral test, but because the central leadership must strengthen the Bucharest organization,\u201d Grindeanu said. \u201cThis is an especially important moment for both the party\u2019s Bucharest branch and the future of the capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel B\u01celu\u021b\u01ce\u2019s election as head of PSD Bucharest comes as the Social Democrats prepare for the general mayor election in the capital, scheduled for December 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/psd-candidate-tops-poll-bucharest-mayor-nov-2025\" target=\"_blank\">A recent poll said he is the favorite<\/a>, but closely followed by the Liberal (PNL) candidate, District 6 mayor Ciprian Ciucu, and the USR candidate, C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/alexnechez\">Alexandru\u00a0Nechez<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103, the mayor of Bucharest\u2019s District 4 and the Social Democratic Party\u2019s (PSD) candidate for the capital\u2019s City Hall, took the helm of the party\u2019s Bucharest branch on Thursday, November 13, after being elected during an extraordinary conference. He was the sole contender for the position, according to Digi24. In his address to party [&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-7711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7711","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=7711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}