Octavian Utalea (11 February 1868,
Maieru
Maieru ( hu, Major; german: Meierhof) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Anieș (''Dombhát'') and Maieru.
People
* Emil Rebreanu
* Maria Cioncan
Maria Cioncan (19 June 1977 - 21 ...
( hu, Major),
Beszterce-Naszód,
Kingdom of Hungary
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– present-day
Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...
, Romania – ?) became mayor of the municipality of
Cluj
; hu, kincses város)
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,
Romania
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on 1 May 1923. He served as mayor until 14 March 1926. Among the accomplishments of his term in office were the opening of an Army Club (''Cerc Militar'') in the
Reduta Palace and the founding of a School of Fine Arts (today's School of Plastic Arts) in the
Central Park
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.
He took classes at the law faculty of Cluj's
Hungarian University, graduating in 1906. He followed a military career and was very active in the national liberation movement of Transylvania's Romanians, being present at the
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* Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia, an assembly of Romanian delegates that declared the unification of Transylvania and Romania
* Great National Assembly (Socialist Republic of R ...
of 1 December 1918. Aside from being mayor of Cluj, he held other administrative functions, for instance being
prefect
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of
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...
for a short time.
He was a member of
ASTRA and also of the Virtus Romana Rediviva lecture society.
See also
*
List of mayors of Cluj-Napoca
The following is a list of mayors of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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1868 births
Year of death missing
19th-century Romanian people
20th-century Romanian people
Mayors of Cluj-Napoca
Franz Joseph University alumni
Ethnic Romanian politicians in Transylvania
People from Bistrița-Năsăud County
Prefects of Romania
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