This is a list of

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, 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 responsibilitie ...

s of

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

from 1718, when

Banat Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lie ...

, 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 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

, to the present day when it is part of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. 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 ar ...

, 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, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

and among the first foreign, Western settlers to arrive in Timișoara. Together with the Rascian magistrate, its task was to enforce measures to maintain public safety and hygiene, collect taxes and enforce the fire authority's regulations.

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, 1919 * , 1919–1921 * , 1921–1922 * , 1922 * Lucian Georgevici, 1922–1926 * Samuil Sagovici, 1926 * Ioan Doboșan, 1926–1927 * , 1927 * Lucian Georgevici, 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 ...

, 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 (PAC), 1992–1996 * Gheorghe Ciuhandu (PNȚCD), 1996–2012

21st century

* Gheorghe Ciuhandu (PNȚCD), 1996–2012 *

Nicolae Robu Nicolae Robu (born May 28, 1955) is a Romanian politician, engineer, and 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 T ...

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