Dominic Fritz

Dominic Samuel Fritz (born 28 December 1983) is a German-born politician who has been serving as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, following the latest Romanian local elections. A member of the Save Romania Union, he is the only mayor in Romania without Romanian citizenship.

Dominic Fritz
Fritz giving a speech in February 2023 at the opening of Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture
Mayor of Timișoara
Assumed office
30 October 2020
Deputy
  • Ruben Lațcău
  • Cosmin Tabără
Preceded byNicolae Robu
Personal details
Born
Dominic Samuel Fritz

(1983-12-28) 28 December 1983
Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
CitizenshipGermany
Political party
Spouse
Yiran Lin
(m. 2021)
Children1
Residence(s)Elisabetin, Timișoara
Education
  • University of Konstanz
  • Sciences Po
  • University of York
Websitewww.dominicprimar.ro

Prior to becoming the mayor of Timișoara in 2020, Fritz was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens between 2009 and 2019 and also a political advisor to former German president Horst Köhler (whose parents were relocated to Nazi Germany from Rîșcani, northern Bessarabia, now Republic of Moldova) between 2016 and 2019. Fritz is a political scientist by profession.

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