bucharest administration
Bucharest has a unique status in Romanian administration, since it is the only
municipality that is not part of a county. Its population, however, is larger
than that of any Romanian county, and hence the power of the Bucharest General
City Hall (Primaria Generala), which is the city's local government body, is about
the same as, if not greater than, that of Romanian county councils.
The city government is headed by a General Mayor (Primar General), currently (as
of 2006) Adriean Videanu. Decisions are approved and discussed by the General
Council (Consiliu General) made up of 55 elected councillors. Furthermore, the
city is divided into six administrative sectors (sectoare), each of which has
their own 27-seat sectorial council, town hall and mayor. The powers of local
government over a certain area are therefore shared by the Bucharest City Hall
and the local sectorial councils with little or no overlapping of authority. The
general rule is that the main City Hall is responsible for citywide utilities
such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards, while
sectorial town halls manage the contact between individuals and the local government,
secondary streets, parks, schools and cleaning services.
Like all other local councils in Romania, the Bucharest sectorial councils, the
city's General Council and the mayors are elected every four years by the population.
Additionally, Bucharest has a prefect, who is appointed by Romania's central government.
The prefect is not allowed to be a member of a political party. The prefect's
role is to represent the national government at local level, acting as a liaison
and facilitating the implementation of National Development Plans and governing
programmes at local level. The current prefect of Bucharest (as of 2006) is Mioara
Mantale.
The Municipality of Bucharest, along with the surrounding Ilfov county, forms
the Bucharest development region, which is equivalent to NUTS-II regions in the
European Union and is used by the European Union and the Romanian Government for
statistical analysis and regional development. The Bucharest development region
is not, however, an administrative entity.
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