The Mayor of Chișinău, officially the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chișinău (), is the head of the executive branch of

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...

's government and a member of the city's

Municipal Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

History

The first mayor of Chișinău was

Anghel Nour Anghel Nour was a Bessarabian politician. He served as the first mayor of Chişinău between 1817 and 1821. Biography Angel Nour was born in a family of Moldavian small-local nobles. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), rep ...

in 1817. In 1941, the office was abolished. After the end of the

Soviet era The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration. Established in 1922 following the Russian Civil War, ...

and the re-establishment of the office in 1990,

Nicolae Costin Nicolae Costin (7 April 1936 – 16 February 1995) was a Moldovan politician and one of the leaders of the national emancipation movement from Moldavian SSR. He was a professor, executive chairman of the Popular Front of Moldova, deputy in ...

became the first democratically elected mayor.

List of mayors

Throughout the passing of time, the mayors of the city of

have been the following ones:

Russian Empire

Moldavian Democratic Republic

Kingdom of Romania

Moldavian SSR

Chairmen of the Chișinău City Executive Committee.