Official Name: | Bucharest, Sector 5 |
Native Name: | Sector 5, București |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Romania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Municipality of Bucharest |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Cristian Popescu Piedone |
Leader Party: | PPU-SL |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Administrative Reform |
Area Total Km2: | 30 |
Population As Of: | December 1, 2021 |
Settlement Type: | Sector |
Population Total: | 239607 |
Population Density Km2: | 7986.9 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 44.4345°N 26.0963°W |
Elevation M: | 60 - 90 |
Elevation Ft: | 197 - 295 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 05xxxx |
Area Code: | +40 x1 |
Blank Name: | Car Plates |
Blank Info: | B |
Sector 5 (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Sectorul 5) is an administrative unit of Bucharest.
From 2020 until May 2022, the mayor of the sector was Cristian Popescu Piedone, a member of the Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL) and former mayor of Sector 4. He was elected in 2020 for a four-year term, defeating incumbent Daniel Florea, who had been mayor since 2016. In May 2022, vice-mayor Mircea Nicolaidis took over as interim mayor of Sector 5.[1] In June 2023 he was released and came back in his office due to the fact he was never removed from this position.[2]
The Local Council of Sector 5 has 27 seats, with the following party composition (as of 2020):
Party | Seats | Current Council | |||||||||||
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Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 10 | ||||||||||||
National Liberal Party (PNL) | 6 | ||||||||||||
Save Romania Union (USR) | 5 | ||||||||||||
Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL) | 4 | ||||||||||||
People's Movement Party (PMP) | 2 |