Gheorghe Nichita

Who is Gheorghe Nichita?

Gheorghe Nichita is a Romanian engineer and politician, who has served as the mayor of Iaşi since 2003. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he was the interim mayor in 2003 after his predecessor, Constantin Simirad, was appointed Romanian ambassador to Cuba by President Ion Iliescu.

Nichita was born in Dorohoi, and trained in Engineering at the Polytechnic University in Bucharest, in Economics at the University of Iaşi, and in Hydrotechnics at the "Gheorghe Asachi" University of Iaşi, and has been employed by the Iaşi public administration since 1979. He was awarded a doctorate in Economics.