Bucharest mayor to run in Romanian presidential election

17/12/2024 6:30

The independent two-term mayor of Romania's capital Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, said on Monday he will run for president in an election that will be re-run next year.



The European Union and NATO member state plunged into institutional chaos earlier this month when its top court annulled a presidential election following accusations of Russian interference and ordered that the vote be re-run.



The first round of that election saw far-right NATO critic Calin Georgescu emerge from relative obscurity to become the surprise frontrunner, in a massive protest by voters angered at mainstream parties mired in infighting and corruption allegations.



Dan, 54, won his second term as Bucharest mayor in June, having run as an independent.