Octavian Ursu (born 27 October 1967) is a Romanian-German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of

Görlitz Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after ...

since June 2019.

Life

Ursu was born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

and graduated from the

National University of Music Bucharest The National University of Music Bucharest (, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in 1931, it has functioned as a public university since ...

in 1986. He was the solo

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of the Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie. He is married, has two children and is an Orthodox Christian. Running with the Christian Democratic Union, Ursu was elected as a representative of

in the

2014 Saxony state election The 2014 Saxony state election was held on 31 August 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Par ...

and in June 2019, he was elected mayor of Görlitz. Although the far-right

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

(AfD) party won the most votes and seats on the council, other parties united in a coalition behind Ursu. Ursu has opposed plans to end the Polish–German cooperation at a marketplace in Görlitz where traders of various nationalities, such as Poles, Czechs, Indians, Pakistanis and Vietnamese, sell goods. The AfD wants these traders to be evicted to make more space for German sellers.

References

External links

Official website
(in German) 1967 births Living people Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Mayors of places in Saxony Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Musicians from Bucharest National University of Music Bucharest alumni Romanian emigrants to Germany {{Germany-mayor-stub