Nicușor Dan

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Nicușor Daniel Dan (born 20 December 1969) is a Romanian mathematician and politician serving as the seventh President of Romania since 2025. He previously served as the Mayor of Bucharest from 2020 to 2025 and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2020.
Born in Făgăraș, Brașov County, Dan studied mathematics at the University of Bucharest before continuing his studies in France, where he obtained a Master’s degree from the École normale supérieure and a PhD from Paris 13 University. After returning to Romania, he founded the Școala Normală Superioară București, a research institution in mathematics, and participated in civic initiatives concerning urban governance and heritage preservation.
In 2015, Dan founded the Save Bucharest Union (USB), a political party focused on anti-corruption and urban development. He co-founded the Save Romania Union (USR) in 2016 and resigned in 2017 following internal disagreements regarding the party’s ideological direction, subsequently advocating a big tent approach centred on institutional reform. He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2016 until he was elected mayor of Bucharest in 2020. He was re-elected in 2024 and served until…