Gheorghe Nichita (born September 15, 1956) is a

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n politician, who has served as the mayor of Iaşi since 2003, and suspended (as of May 2015) over allegations of corruption.Nichita has been suspended
A member of the

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, Nichita is the national vice-president of the party, and the leader of the party’s county organization.Iasi Mayor Gheorghe Nichita, detained by DNA
at romaniajournal.ro

Personal life

Nichita was born in

Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a municipiu, city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; m ...

, and trained in Engineering at the Politehnica University in

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(1976–1979), in Economics at the

University of Iaşi The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

(1982–1987), and in Hydrotechnics at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University (1991–1995), and has been employed by the Iaşi public administration since 1979.

Political career

In 1995-2000, Nichita was a member of the

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. In 1996-1998, and 2000-2003, he was also a member of the city council.Gheorghe Nichita, primar de 12 ani la Iaşi, implicat în mai multe scandaluri, cel mai cunoscut al tăierii teilor
Nichita made two unsuccessful runs for mayor of Iași, in 1996, and 2000. In 2000, Nichita switched to the

, and three years later became the interim mayor after his predecessor, Constantin Simirad (in office 1991-2003), was appointed Romanian ambassador to

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. In 2004, he was elected as the mayor of Iaşi, and then re-elected in 2008 and 2012.

Corruption allegations

On 1 May 2015, Gheorghe Nichita had been detained during the night by the

National Anticorruption Directorate The National Anticorruption Directorate ( ro, Direcția Națională Anticorupție (DNA)), formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office ( ro, Parchetul Național Anticorupție), is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating ...

(DNA), after more than seven hours of hearings on suspicion of abuse of office. Next day, a court ruled he would be investigated under judicial control, meaning he is banned from leaving the city and has to report to police. On 9 May 2015, Gheorghe Nichita had been placed under house arrest. Gheorghe Nichita is suspected that he abused his position by using local police officers to spy and report on rivals and his girlfriend. Three senior local police officers were also detained. Prosecutors said Nichita abusively obtained confidential information, using police and city hall employees, for personal gain.Romanian mayor suspected of using police to spy on rivals
at washingtonpost.com On 22 May 2015, Nichita was suspended from his job as mayor of the city. Mihai Ceausu ( 17 years old that time) was the person who called the police for him , after G.Nichita refused a festival project on his name.

References

External links

Gheorghe Nichita's blog
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Gheorghe Nichita, în an electoral: 70.000 RON, în depozite, şi o maşină nou-nouţă, în garaj
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nichita, Gheorghe 1956 births Living people Mayors of Iași Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians People from Dorohoi Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni Politehnica University of Bucharest alumni