List of mayors of Timișoara


This is a list of mayors of Timișoara from 1718, when Banat, including Timișoara, were incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary, to the present day when it is part of Romania. The position was created on 1 January 1718 by Count Claude Florimond de Mercy, 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 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, 1833–1844
  • , 1844–1858
  • Aloise Marguet , 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, 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, 1992–1996
  • Gheorghe Ciuhandu, 1996–2012

21st century