Octavian Ursu (born 27 October 1967) is a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of Görlitz since June 2019.

Life

Ursu was born in

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and graduated from the

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in 1986. He was the solo

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of the Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie. He is married, has two children and is an Orthodox Christian. Running with the Christian Democratic Union, Ursu was elected as a representative of Görlitz in the 2014 Saxony state election and in June 2019, he was elected mayor of Görlitz. Although the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the most votes and seats on the council, other parties united in a coalition behind Ursu. Ursu has opposed plans to end the Polish–German cooperation at a marketplace in Görlitz where traders of various nationalities, such as Poles, Czechs, Indians, Pakistanis and Vietnamese, sell goods. The AfD wants these traders to be evicted to make more space for German sellers.

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External links

Official website
(in German) 1967 births Living people Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Mayors of places in Germany Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Musicians from Bucharest National University of Music Bucharest alumni Romanian emigrants to Germany {{Germany-mayor-stub