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Nicușor Daniel Dan (born 20 December 1969) is a Romanian politician, mathematician, and civic activist serving as Mayor of Bucharest since 2020. Born in Făgăraș, Brașov County, he earned international acclaim in his youth as a mathematician, securing gold medals at the 1987 and 1988 International Mathematical Olympiads, and obtained a PhD from the École normale supérieure in Paris in 1998.

After returning to Romania, Dan founded Școala Normală Superioară București, an institution aimed at guiding the most talented Romanian students towards scientific research, and became a civic activist. In 2015, he launched the Save Bucharest Union, championing anti-corruption and heritage preservation, which propelled him into politics. One year later, he co-founded the Save Romania Union (USR), but resigned from the party in 2017 over its progressive shift, preferring a more conservative, anti-corruption focus. Dan served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2016, before being elected Bucharest’s first independent mayor in 2020 and winning re-election in 2024. He is focused on public infrastructure and transparency, despite criticism over construction delays.

Dan is running as an independent for the 2025 Romanian presidential election and received 21% of votes in the first round; he will face Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) founder George Simion in the runoff on 18 May. Dan's staunch pro-Western platform contrasts with his opponent's nationalist and Eurosceptic stance.