Dominic Fritz
Dominic Fritz | |
|---|---|
Fritz in 2025 | |
| Mayor of Timișoara | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2020 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Nicolae Robu |
| President of the Save Romania Union | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2025 Acting: 5 May 2025 – 13 June 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Elena Lasconi |
| In office 10 June 2024 – 26 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Cătălin Drulă |
| Succeeded by | Elena Lasconi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dominic Samuel Fritz 28 December 1983 Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Political party | Save Romania Union (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Alliance 90/The Greens (2009–2019) |
| Spouse |
Yiran Lin (m. 2021) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Elisabetin, Timișoara |
| Education | |
| Website | www |
Dominic Samuel Fritz (born 28 December 1983) is a German-born politician who has been serving as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, winning re-election in 2024. A member of the Save Romania Union, he is the only mayor in Romania without Romanian citizenship.
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.