Mayor of Chișinău
The Mayor of Chișinău, officially the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chișinău, is the head of the executive branch of Chișinău's government and a member of the city's Municipal Council.
History
The first mayor of Chișinău was Anghel Nour in 1817. In 1941, the office was abolished. After the end of the Soviet era and the re-establishment of the office in 1990, Nicolae Costin became the first democratically elected mayor.List of mayors
Throughout the passing of time, the mayors of the city of Chișinău have been the following ones:Russian Empire
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Notes |
| 1 | Anghel Nour | 1817 | 1821 | First mayor of the city |
| 2 | Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1821 | 1831 | |
| 3 | Stavru Dimu | 1831 | 1833 | |
| Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1834 | 1836 | Second time serving as mayor | |
| 4 | Pantelimon I. Sinadino | 1837 | 1839 | |
| 4 | Pantelimon I. Sinadino | 1840 | 1842 | Second time serving as mayor |
| Dimitrie Lovcinski | 1843 | 1845 | Second time serving as mayor | |
| 5 | Dimitrie Durdufi | 1846 | 1848 | |
| 6 | Dimitrie Mincu | 1849 | 1854 | |
| 7 | Anghel Nicolau | 1855 | 1858 | |
| Dimitrie Mincu | 1858 | 1860 | Second time serving as mayor | |
| Dimitrie Mincu | 1861 | 1866 | Third time serving as mayor | |
| 8 | Adam Krijanovski | 1867 | 1869 | |
| 9 | Pavel Gumalic | 1870 | 1871 | |
| 10 | Clemente Șumanski | 1871 | 1877 | |
| 11 | Carol Schmidt | 1877 | 1903 | First ethnic History of [Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union|German] mayor of the city |
| 12 | Leopold Siținski | 1904 | 1905 | |
| 13 | Pantelimon V. Sinadino | 1905 | 1910 | Liberal Party (Romania, 1875)|National Liberal Party] |
| 14 | Iulian Levinski | 1910 | 1917 |
Moldavian Democratic Republic
| Nº | Mayor | From | Until | Notes |
| 15 | Alexander Schmidt | 1917 | 1918 | Second ethnic German mayor of the city, son of Carol Schmidt |