The mayor of the capital, Nicușor Dan, officially submitted his candidacy for the presidential elections in May.
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“It is not my candidacy, she these 240,000 people who signed for her”noted Nicușor Dan, at the exit of the BEC headquarters, after submitting his candidacy.
According to the mayor of the capital, “aAs three months I had elections and the message of the Romanians was that it can not be ”.
“It is a wide category of Romanians who are honest, who work, who pay their taxes, have a good sense and demand very few things. I ask for their voice to be heard and the authorities to work for them, not for some gangs. This will be the election campaign and the voice of people will be heard more than that of politicians ”, said Nicușor Dan.
The mayor also stressed that Romania has a great potential and that it isit is the role of the president to gather all the energies that Romania has ”.
“It will be a campaign of volunteers, simple people, who have more confidence than politicians”said Nicușor Dan.
Asked if he may still withdraw from the race, Nicușor Dan emphasized: “The fact that I am here proves the opposite.”
Regarding the possibility of invalidating the candidacy of his counter -candidate, Nicușor Dan said that he did not want to rule on a decision of the RCC, but pointed out that, in principle, the candidate supported by the sovereign parties and may be able to run.
“Romania is a rule of law and in this rule of law it is an institution, CCR and I do not want to pronounce what will decide. I think in principle, you should be able to apply ”explained Nicușor, claiming at the same time that “The decision on the case of the shock is legitimate legitimate ”.
The mayor of the Capital informed that he has gathered from the donations for the presidential campaign about 1.7-1.8 million lei so far. About 200 thousand euros would go for electoral advertising panels.
Nicușor Dan announced his intention to run for the presidential elections of 2025 on December 16, stating that he made the decision, “Because the Bucharest residents cannot live well in a Bucharest, if Romania does not do well” and indicating that there is a need for fundamental changes in the entire administration in Romania.
Who is Nicușor Dan
Nicușor Dan set up in 2006 the “Save Bucharest” Association, and in 2015 he founded the Union Save Bucharest, which was transformed into USR in 2016. In 2016 he obtained a deputy mandate in the Romanian Parliament.
However, the current Praise of the Capital left the party in 2017. The decision came in the context of the controversy around the family referendum. Following the political formation to position himself against the referendum on the traditional family, Nicușor Dan chose to break away from the party. One of the members who asked him to remain was Clotilde Armand.
Clotilde Armand is also the one who put sticks in the current USR candidate in the presidential elections, Elena Lasconi. In the party is now a whole wave that would support Nicușor Dan, which would help him. But at present, it is officially supported by the strength of the right, PMP and landmark.
2012 candidate for Capital City Hall
Nicușor Dan officially took over the second term at the head of the Capital City Hall at the end of October. In the local elections of 2020 he was chosen as general mayor with 42.8% of the votes, and in the local elections of 2024 he obtained 46.9%.
The current mayor was also a candidate for the Bucharest City Hall and in 2016 and 2012. In 2016 he obtained 30.53, being in second place, at a distance of over 12 percent by Gabriela Firea, who then ranked in the first place, obtaining the management of the City Hall. In 2012 he ranked third, although he was not supported by any party.
The two mandates obtained also brought him problems, being often criticized for the lack of heat and hot water in Bucharest, but also for the situation in which the Unirii Square is now.
The consolidation works at the Union passage in the Capital led to a real scandal between the mayors of Daniel Băluță and Nicușor Dan. The mayor of Sector 4, Daniel Băluță, announced in October last year the beginning of the works to restore the Union. In reply, the general mayor of the capital, Nicușor Dan, announced that there is no opinion for this work and has taken the fences installed overnight by the mayor of Sector 4.
Studies abroad
Nicușor Dan was born in Făgăraș, Brașov County, on December 20, 1969 and attended the “Radu Negru” Theoretical High School, graduating the baccalaureate in 1988. He also obtained the gold medal at the International Mathematics Olympiad in 1987 and 1988.
Later he attended the courses of the University of Bucharest, the Mathematical Section. He also studied at Normal Supérieure and attended the master’s courses in Paris. Speaks fluent French and English.
He is one of the founders and the first administrative director of the Normal School of the Higher Normal School, a university created on the French model, within the Mathematics Institute in the Romanian Academy, as shown by its nicusordan.ro page.
Who are its competitors
In the current race, Călin Georgescu, this time supported by gold and I can, would be in the current race. And he would apply his candidacy at 16.00.
The list is also the candidate of the ruling coalition, Crin Antonescu, but also the USR candidate, Elena Lasconi.
