Mayors of Ploiești

Ploiești City Hall has an administrative history spanning nearly two centuries, beginning in 1831, with the appointment of the first official recorded in the documents: Ion Rahtivan.

Since then, more than 70 mayors have led the city, through periods marked by modernisation, urban transformation and major historical changes.

Mayor of Municipiul Ploiești

Mihai Laurențiu Polițeanu

In office since October 2024

1831 First mayor

1900 Period of modernisation

1990 Democratic administration

2024 Mayor in office

No.	Name and surname	Period
1	Mihai Laurențiu Polițeanu	October 2024 – present
2	Andrei Liviu Volosevici	October 2020 – October 2024
3	Adrian Florin Dobre	June 2016 – October 2020
4	Ganea Cristian Mihai (deputy mayor with mayoral duties)	December 2015 – June 2016
5	Iulian Liviu Teodorescu (deputy mayor with mayoral duties)	March 2015 – December 2015
6	Iulian Bădescu	June 2012 – March 2015
7	Andrei Liviu Volosevici	June 2008 – June 2012
8	Emil Calotă	23 June 2000 – June 2008
9	Horia Victor Toma	16 June 1996 – June 2000
10	Victor Săvulescu	May 1992 – June 1996
11	Romeo Hanganu	August 1990 – 23 February 1992
12	Alexandru Apostol	March 1986 – 22 December 1989
13	Mircea Ionescu	March 1982 – March 1986
14	Ion Paraschiv	December 1972 – March 1982
15	Gheorghe Alecu	February 1968 – December 1972
16	Gheorghe Dumitrescu	July 1966 – February 1968
17	Gheorghe Marussi	January 1963 – June 1966
18	Ion Voicu	February 1961 – December 1962
19	Petre Vălcu	July 1959 – January 1961
20	Ion Vidroiu	March 1956 – June 1959
21	Vasile Moise	April 1952 – March 1956
22	Nicolae Pătă	October 1950 – April 1952
23	Gheorghe Stan	July 1949 – September 1950
24	P. Panait Patică	16 January 1948 – July 1949
25	Gh. Vidrașcu	28 November 1944 – 16 January 1948
26	Gh. Vlaiculescu	December 1943 – September 1944
27	Colonel Dumitru Craiu	July 1943 – December 1943
28	Dr. George S. Ionescu	January 1942 – July 1943
29	Gheorghe Văgăunescu	February 1941 – December 1941
30	Dr. Ion Niculescu	5 October 1940 – 26 January 1941
31	Dr. Mircea Botez	March 1939 – September 1940
32	Eng. Al. Manoliu	12 March 1937
33	Dr. Ioan Negruzzi	7 June 1936 – 12 March 1937
34	Iorgu Predescu	August 1935 – 5 June 1936
35	Gheorghe Manolescu	November 1933 – August 1935
36	Ștefan D. Motoiu	27 May 1931 – June 1932
37	Constantin Gh. Brezeanu	20 March 1929 – May 1931 8 June 1932 – November 1933
38	Ion Georgescu Obrocea	April 1921 – January 1922 March 1926 – March 1929
39	Gogu Fotescu	26 January 1922 – 22 September 1922 5 December 1925 – 10 March 1926
40	N. G. Lăzărescu	March 1920 – April 1921
41	Toma T. Socolescu	December 1919 – March 1920
42	Ion Ionescu Quintus	December 1918 – November 1919
43	Alexandru Misu	March 1917 – May 1918
44	Scarlat Sc. Orăscu	March 1911 – March 1914
45	Radu R. Stanian	July 1907 – January 1911 January 1890 – November 1890 January 1896 – September 1897
46	Gheorghe C. Dobrescu	February 1905 – April 1907
47	George G. Ionescu	April 1901 – January 1905 March 1914 – March 1917
48	Nicolae Răscanu	June 1899 – February 1901
49	Alexandru G. Radovici	12 May 1898 – May 1899
50	Mitu Ștefănescu	April 1897 – April 1898
51	Constantin Iennescu	January 1895 – November 1895
52	Dumitru D. Hariton	5 May 1892 – August 1894 August 1874 – 22 May 1876
53	Ghiță Ionescu	November 1890 – January 1892 November 1895 – January 1896
54	Temelie Dinescu	October 1888 – October 1889
55	Ion N. (Ioniță Dinva) Radovici	4 June 1876 – 10 June 1877
56	Bogdan Petrescu	March 1872 – August 1874
57	Ioan (Jean) Philiu	May 1871 – March 1872
58	Matache Nicolau	May 1870 – May 1871
59	Dimitrie Sfetescu	6 May 1869 – May 1870
60	C. T. Grigorescu	4 May 1866 – 6 May 1869 June 1877 – February 1883
61	Iancu (Ion) Marinescu	10 January 1862 – 11 February 1866
62	Dimitrie Costiescu (Matache Hagi Costea)	2 November 1858 – 10 January 1862
63	Nicolache Demetriade	31 March 1856 – December 1856
64	Costache Șișman – Serdarul	28 November 1853 – 3 March 1856 July 1857 – October 1857
65	Ion (Enuță) Baldovin	3 November 1843 – 28 November 1853 1857 – 2 November 1858
66	Gheorghe Boldescu	8 October 1837 – 3 November 1843
67	Iordache Suslănescu	December 1833 – 8 October 1837
68	Alecu Ghica	February 1833 – December 1833
69	Iancu Maican	12 November 1831 – 15 December 1832
70	Ion Rahtivan	28 September 1831 – 12 November 1831