Octavian Ursu

Octavian Ursu (born 27 October 1967)[1] is a Romanian-German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of Görlitz since June 2019.

For the footballer, see Octavian Ursu (footballer).
Ursu in 2016

Life

Ursu was born in Bucharest and graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest in 1986. He was the solo trumpeter of the Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie.[1] He is married, has two children[2] and is an Orthodox Christian.[1]

Running with the Christian Democratic Union, Ursu was elected as a representative of Görlitz in the 2014 Saxony state election and in June 2019, he was elected mayor of Görlitz.[3][4] Although the far-right Alternative for Germany (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.[5]

References
  1. "Abgeordneter". Der Sächsische Landtag (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. "Der Familiäre". Octavian Ursu (in German). Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. "Germany's Far-Right Party Defeated In Closely Watched Mayoral Election". NPR.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. "Far-right candidate loses German election after filmmakers weigh in". Times of Israel. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. "FAS: Czy AfD usunie z Goerlitz polskich handlarzy?". Deutsche Welle (in Polish). 2 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.


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