Gheorghe Nichita

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Gheorghe Nichita (b. September 15, 1956) is a Romanian engineer and politician, who serves as the mayor of Iaşi since 2003. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he was the interim mayor in 2003 after his predecessor, Constantin Simirad (in office 1991-2003), was appointed Romanian ambassador to Cuba by President Ion Iliescu.

Nichita was born in Dorohoi, and trained in Engineering at the Polytechnic University in Bucharest (1976-1979), in Economics at the University of Iaşi (1982-1987), and in Hydrotechnics at the "Gheorghe Asachi" University of Iaşi (1991-1995), and has been employed by the Iaşi public administration since 1979. He was awarded a doctorate in Economics.