This is a list of

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

s of

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

from 1718, when

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

, including Timișoara, were incorporated into the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

, to the present day when it is part of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. The position was created on 1 January 1718 by

Count Claude Florimond de Mercy Count Claudius Florimund de Mercy (1666 – 29 June 1734) was an Imperial field marshal, born at Longwy in Lorraine, now in France. His grandfather was the Bavarian field marshal Franz Freiherr von Mercy. Mercy entered the Austrian army a ...

, governor of Banat, under the name of magistrate. Until 1780, Timișoara had two magistrates, one German for the German population settled here and one Illyrian or Rascian for the local population. The first German magistrate of the city was , a campaign medical doctor from

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

and among the first foreign, Western settlers to arrive in Timișoara.

18th century

* , 1718–1719 * Florian Blam, 1719–1720 * , 1720–1722 * , 1722–1742 * Andreas Pfann, 1742–1745 * Peter Mayer, 1745–1749 * Joseph Leibnitzer, 1749–1754 * Michael Auer, 1754–1756 * Anton Klang, 1756–1758 * Pietro Antonio Delpondio, 1758–1761 * Adam Ebelshauser, 1761–1762 * Joseph Anton Kulterer, 1762–1771 * Bartholomäus Lederer, 1771–1774 * Pietro Antonio Delpondio, 1774–1780 * Johann Michael Leudoldt, 1780–1782 * Pietro Antonio Delpondio, 1782–1786 * Adam Ingrueber, 1783–1786 * Thomas Reyhuber, 1786–1787 * Sebastian Schmid, 1787–1789 * Ignaz Koppauer, 1789–1808

19th century

* Simon Petrovics, 1808–1810 * Peter Plavisics, 1810–1812 * Michael Kuenatter, 1812–1816 * József Tessényi, 1816–1819 * , 1819–1833 * Johann Speckner (Koronghy von Korongh), 1833–1844 * , 1844–1858 * Aloise Marguet ''(governing commissar)'', 1858–1859 * , 1859–1861 * Joseph Weigl, 1861–1867 * , 1867–1872 * Franz Steiner, 1872–1876 * , 1876–1885 * Karol Telbiz, 1885–1914

20th century

* , 1914–1919 *

Karl Leopold von Möller Count, Karl von Möller AOL O (11 October 1876 – 21 February 1943) was an officer, journalist, author and politician from Banat. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Hitler's National Socialism. In 1932, he published the antisemitic newspaper ...

, 1919 * , 1919–1921 * , 1921–1922 * , 1922 *

Lucian Georgevici Lucian Georgevici (January 16, 1875–February 9, 1940) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian lawyer and politician. Born in Ictar, Timiș County, in the Banat region, his parents were George and Cristina Georgevici. He attended the primary ...

, 1922–1926 * Samuil Sagovici, 1926 * Ioan Doboșan, 1926–1927 * , 1927 *

, 1927–1929 *

Gheorghe Crăciun Gheorghe Crăciun (8 May 1950, Zărnești – 30 January 2007, Constanța) was a Romanian writer and translator. Crăciun was born in Tohanu Vechi, now part of Zărnești, Brașov County. In addition to being a novelist and a translator, he was a ...

, 1929 * , 1929 * Franz Schmitz, 1929 * , 1929–1930 * Coriolan Balta, 1930–1931 * , 1931–1932 * Cornel Lazăr, 1932 * Liviu Gabor, 1932–1933 * Petru Olariu, 1933 * Augustin Coman, 1933–1937 * Alexandru Miletici, 1937–1938 * Gheorghe Andrașiu, 1938 * Nicolaie Table, 1938 * Vasile M. Teodorescu, 1938 * Rodig Modreanu, 1938 * , 1938–1939 * Emil Tieranu, 1939 * , 1939–1940 * Ilie Radu, 1940–1941 * , 1941 * Eugen Pop, 1941–1943 * Ioan Doboșan, 1943–1944 * Liviu Gabor, 1944–1945 * Traian Novac, 1945–1946 * Iosif Petric, 1946–1948 * Vasile Botezatu, 1948–1950 * Ion Hașmanian, 1950 * Ioan Jurjac, 1950–1953 * Valeriu Țidorescu, 1953 * Ioan Silindean, 1953–1954 * Radu Donosie, 1954–1956 * Vasile Botezatu, 1956–1961 * Ioan Popeți, 1961–1965 * Leonida Tămaș, 1965–1968 * , 1968–1971 * George Micota, 1971–1977 * , 1977–1980 * Petru Moț, 1980–1989 * Pompiliu Alămorean, 1990 * , 1990–1992 *

Viorel Oancea Viorel Oancea (born 8 December 1944 in Brașov, Brașov County, Romania) is a retired Romanian politician and a retired major general in the Romanian Armed Forces. He was advanced in rank by Presidential decree issued by former President Traian B ...

(PAC), 1992–1996 *

Gheorghe Ciuhandu Gheorghe Coriolan Ciuhandu (; born 15 June 1947) is a Romanian politician. A building engineer by profession, he graduated from the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute in 1970, earning a doctorate in 1986 and joining the faculty in 1993. He was ...

(PNȚCD), 1996–2012

21st century

(PNȚCD), 1996–2012 *

Nicolae Robu Nicolae Robu (born May 28, 1955) is a Romanian politician, engineer, computer science professor. He was mayor of Timișoara from 2012 until 2020 and the former president of PNL Timiș. He served as rector of the Politehnica University of Timi� ...

(PNL), 2012–2020 *

Dominic Fritz Dominic Samuel Fritz (born 28 December 1983) is a German (more specifically Badensian) politician who has been serving as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, following the latest Romanian local elections. He is the only mayor in Romania withou ...

(USR), 2020–present

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