The salary of the general mayor of the Capital exceeds 20,000 lei net, and that of the district mayor exceeds 16,000 lei.
The salaries of all budget workers increased in January 2024 PHOTO Shutterstock
The mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, has, as mayor-in-chief, a basic salary of 24,150 lei, according to a document on salary income for positions within the PMB, dated 31.03.2024.
At the beginning of March, the mayor said in an interview, on Antena 3, what salary he receives, after four years at the head of the General City Hall of the Capital. “My salary now is 20,000 lei net. I had 16,000 lei, now it has increased. The rent is 590 euros, the installment is 580 euros and I am left with 14,000 lei. I'm pleased. I could have even less, because I could handle it“, said Nicușor Dan.
The salary of the sector mayors does not appear in the salary income statement of the specialized apparatus of the sector mayors from March 2024, but according to the salary law it is around 29,700 lei gross and 16,000 lei net.
For example, last year, the salary of the mayor of Sector 1 in Bucharest, Clotilde Armand, amounted to just over 12,000 lei, in December, according to the individual file posted on Facebook. The salaries of all budget officers increased, in January 2024, by 5%.
The interim president of the Chamber of Deputies, PSD deputy Alfred Simonis, candidate for the presidency of the Timiş County Council, said that he is in favor of increasing the mayors' salaries in order to attract high-performing people who are also motivated to develop the communities. “We will not do this reform, if we do not increase salaries a little, it is also true based on performance criteria. I would agree that mayors who absorb more than 1,000,000 euros of European funds, for example, should have double the salary, those who have no absorption at all should have half. And you will see people coming who want to attract European money“said Alfred Simonis, guest on the “La Mijloc” podcast.
Criterion or not, a total of 56 candidates registered for this year's local elections in the Capital, of which 9 for the seat of general mayor, just over half of the number of those registered for the 2020 local elections, when 103 candidates aspired to a mayor's seat, of which 18 at the General City Hall of Bucharest.
Thus, in this year's elections, the following entered the electoral race for the Capital City Hall: Gabriela Firea (PSD), Sebastian Burduja (PNL), Nicusor Dan (independent supported by ADU), Cristian Popescu Piedone (PUSL), Diana Şoşoacă ( SOS Romania), Dorin Iacob (Right Alternative Party), Mihai Enache (AUR), Alexandru Pânişoara (Romanian Ecologist Party) and Filip Constantin Titian (independent).
Among them, according to the polls, the current mayor, Nicușor Dan, has the most chances, and in an order that varies in the latest research: PSD senator Gabriela Firea, the mayor of Sector 5, Cristian Popescu Piedone, and the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja.
As for the sector town halls, old politicians also entered this year's electoral race. In the absence of certain data, the fight could be mainly between the candidates with the greatest exposure, namely the current candidate mayors, and several other more or less well-known names, namely in Sector 1 between Clotilde Armand, (ADU), George Tuţă, (PSD-PNL) and Liviu Negoiță (PUSL); in Sector 2, between Radu Mihaiu (ADU) and Rareș Hopincă (PSD-PNL); in Sector 3, between Robert Negoiță (PSD-PNL) and Lucian Judele (ADU); in Sector 4, between Daniel Băluță (PSD-PNL), Paul Ene (ADU) and Cătălin Teniţă (REPER), in Sector 5, between Vlad Popescu Piedone (PUSL), Adrian Vigheciu (PSD-PNL) and Alexandru Dimitriu (ADU) ; and in Sector 6, between Ciprian Ciucu (PSD-PNL) and Mihaela Ștefan (ADU).
