General Council of Bucharest

General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest Romanian: Consiliul General al Municipiului Bucureşti
2016-2020
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor	Gabriela Firea, PSD Since June 2016
Deputy Mayors	Badulescu Aurelian (PSD) Florescu Michaela Tomnita (ALDE) Since June 2016
Structure
Seats	55
General Council political groups	PSD (22)      USR (15)      PNL (8)      PMP (4)      ALDE (4
Elections
General Council voting system	Closed party list
General Council last election	5 June 2016
Meeting place
The General City Hall of Bucharest
Website
http://www.pmb.ro/
Footnotes
http://www.pmb.ro/institutii/primaria/conducere/conducere.php http://www.pmb.ro/institutii/cgmb/componenta/consilieri/consilieri.php http://stirileprotv.ro/alegeri-locale/alegeri-locale-2016-candidatii-la-primaria-capitalei-si-consiliul-general-al-municipiului-bucurestii.html

The General Council of Bucharest (Consiliul General al Municipiului Bucureşti in Romanian; Consiliul Popular al Municipiului Bucureşti from 1968 to 1989) is the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest, and is made up of 55 councillors elected every four years. Together with the Mayor of Bucharest and the Vice-Mayor, the General Council makes up the General City Hall of Bucharest, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards. Bucharest is also divided into six sectors, each of which has their own 27-seat Sectorial Council and Mayor, and is responsible for local area affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools and the cleaning services.

In 10 June 2012, the General Council was made up of the following party composition. The Social Liberal Union formed a majority in the Council, holding 67.3% of the seats. The alliance supported the former Mayor of Bucharest, the independent Sorin Oprescu. The last elections were on June 5, 2016. The new mayor of Bucharest is Gabriela Firea, elected with 42,97% of the vote. The runner-up was Nicușor Dan with 30.5% from the Save Bucharest Union party which later became the Save Romania Union.