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25-507: The town's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections : Rădăuți is situated in Bukovina , on a plain between the Suceava and Sucevița rivers, 37 km (23 mi) northwest from Suceava , the county capital. The city is located in the depression with the same name, at 375 metres (410 yards) altitude. It

50-470: A gubernator . In Poland , a starosta administered crown territory or a district called a starostwo . In the early Middle Ages, a starosta could head a settled urban or rural community or other community, as in the case of a church starosta or an artel starosta. A starosta also functioned as a master of ceremonies . In the Czech Republic and Slovakia starosta is the title of

75-582: A heart attack and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AM EEST . Ion Aliman, the PSD mayor of Deveselu , was re-elected for a third term, despite having had died of COVID-19 10 days earlier. He received 1,020 votes, out of a total of 1,600. Until a term of partial elections will be held, the vice mayor will have acting mayor attributions. Starost Starosta / ˈ s t ɑːr ɒ s t ə / or starost ( Cyrillic : старост/а , Latin : capitaneus , German: Starost, Hauptmann )

100-533: A mayor of a town or village. Mayors of major cities use the title primátor . The term corresponds to the Austrian or German Bürgermeister . Historically, the title "Starost" was also used in parts of the Holy Roman Empire . The German word Starostei referred to the office or crown land district of a Starost. In German, the title starost/starosta is also translated as Hauptmann and analogous to

125-480: A document issued by Moldavian Prince Alexandru cel Bun . By the middle of the 14th century, Rădăuți was already a flourishing settlement, the seat of a prominent Eastern Orthodox church during the times of Bogdan I (1359–1365), and subsequently a bishopric . Around the St. Nicholas church ( Bogdana Monastery ), archaeologists have uncovered a habitation layer preceding Bogdan's period of rule, one which could point to

150-675: A gubernator. In the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , the Starosta was from the 15th century the office of a territorial administrator, usually conferred on a local landowner and member of the nobility, Szlachta . Until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, there were two types of Starosta: There were also general starosts who were provincial governors. All starosts disappeared after

175-527: A high level of German (especially Swabian ) immigration, which would later form the basis for the Bukovina Germans in the whole region. A Jewish community was present before the Habsburg takeover, and is attested to have been overseen by a starost . Many Jews fleeing the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (as well as other Habsburg areas) from intense persecution and anti-Semitism during

200-545: A later ruler, Roman I of Moldavia . Is the oldest monastery from Moldova and Bucovina (1365). Inside the monastery there are 14 tombs (like Bogdan I (1359–1365), Lațcu Voievod (1365–1373), Roman I (1391–1394), Ștefan I (1394–1399), Bogdan, the brother Alexandru cel Bun, Bogdan, son of Alexandru cel Bun and others. Rădăuți is twinned with: 2020 Romanian local elections Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020,

225-407: A law was adopted that more clearly defined the status and powers of the starosta. Also, this law introduced the concept of starosta okruhs ( elderships )―the territory on which the starost is elected and over which his powers extend. The starosta okruhs were to be formed by the amalgamated territorial hromada council and could consist of several settlements, in addition to the administrative center of

250-618: A review of boyar property in the area) in a 1392 document ( uric ) is generally believed to be the town's first mention, and indication of the origin of the name Rădăuți (other theories state that the settlement had its origins in earlier periods, and that the name is a Slavic -influenced derivative of the Latin word Rottacenum , as allegedly used by soldiers in the Roman garrison in Siret ). The oldest mention of Rădăuți as such dates from 1413, in

275-492: Is a community elder in some Slavic lands. The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages , it has designated an official in a leadership position in a range of civic and social contexts throughout Central and Eastern Europe . In reference to a municipality, a starosta was historically a senior royal administrative official, equivalent to a county sheriff or seneschal , and analogous to

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300-608: Is one of the oldest settlements in Moldavia, known since the 15th century. The towns of Siret , Solca , Milișăuți , and Vicovu de Sus are located relatively close to the city, in the Rădăuți urban area of influence. Rădăuți reached its peak population in 1992, when more than 31,000 people were living within the city limits. As of 2016, the town of Rădăuți was the second most populated urban settlement in Suceava County , after

325-616: The Ion Gigurtu cabinet, and, in late 1940, exceptionally violent following the establishment of the National Legionary State . In October 1941, all Jews present in Rădăuți (more than 10,000) were deported to concentration camps in Transnistria Governorate . The Princely Church at Rădăuți contained the graves of Bogdan I and his son Lațcu , both Voivodes / Princes of Moldavia , as well as

350-572: The Kosciuszko Insurrection in 1794 and were not reinstated until after World War I when their role was altered. In contemporary Poland , starosta designates a district administrator, who heads the district administration starostwo and manages a powiat district, akin to the leader of a town or rural council. In the Ukrainian State during 1918, gubernatorial and povitian starostas controlled who represented

375-681: The Parliament , rather than by the Government, no later than that day. On 8 July 2020, the Parliament of Romania adopted a law setting the date of the elections on 27 September 2020. Using a first past the post system, the following offices will be contested: 2020 Local Election in Bucharest ( USR PLUS ) ( USR PLUS ) ( PNL ) ( PNL ) The former PMP mayor of Sadova , Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered

400-640: The Middle Ages settled in Rădăuți. The community was allowed a degree of self-administration, and witnessed a period of prosperity and cultural effervescence during the 19th century. The majority of Rădăuți's Jewish population was exterminated during the Holocaust . Persecutions became widespread around 1938, when Jews were harassed and attacked by authorities under the Octavian Goga government; they were confirmed by anti-Semitic legislation passed by

425-400: The amalgamated territorial hromada. It was also fixed for the starostas the right to a guaranteed speech at the meetings of the amalgamated territorial hromada council and its standing commissions on issues related to their starosta okruh, as well as added control functions over the use of communal property objects and the state of improvement in their okruh. According to the monitoring of

450-512: The central government in regions. In 2014–2015, administrative and territorial reform began in Ukraine , during which adjacent territorial communities began to unite into larger amalgamated territorial hromadas . In order for the interests of residents of all villages, towns and cities in united territorial communities to be properly represented, the law "On Voluntary Unification of Territorial Communities" adopted on February 5, 2015, introduced

475-505: The county capital, Suceava . At the 2011 census, Rădăuți had a population of 23,822 inhabitants: 96.97% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians , 0.89% Russians and Lipovans , 0.88% Roma , 0.54% Ukrainians and 0.23% Germans ( Bukovina Germans ) . 83.4% were Romanian Orthodox , 9.1% Pentecostal , 3.1% Roman Catholic , 0.9% stated they belonged to another religion, 0.8% were Greek-Catholic and 0.7% each Baptist and Lipovan Orthodox . The mention of "Radomir's village" (as part of

500-539: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all the terms of the local offices due to expire on 5 June 2020. The aforementioned decision was deemed unconstitutional, and, in the end, a law was passed that extended the terms of the local officials up to 30 November 2020, and allowed the elections to be called by

525-454: The executive body of the council and back. By the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers dated July 22, 2016, the starosta was assigned to the fifth category of positions in local self-government bodies, and later by the law dated February 9, 2017 to the sixth category. This made it possible to streamline the structure and terms of payment for the newly elected starostas. On February 9, 2017,

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550-538: The existence of a local center prior to the foundation of Moldavia . Awarded the privilege of organizing fairs , Rădăuți evolved due to its favorable location midway between the Carpathian Mountains and the tableland area (with traders from both regions establishing contact in the local market). The fairs at Rădăuți have been dated to the time of Stephen the Great (a document from 1481; however, since

575-468: The institute of starosta, who were to be elected by residents of the respective settlements and represent their interests in the executive bodies of the council of the amalgamated territorial hromada. The mayor, in particular, is a member of the executive committee of the amalgamated territorial hromada council ex officio, he must help the residents of his settlements with the preparation of submitting documents to local self-government bodies, participate in

600-518: The mention includes details of Stephen's intervention in solving a commercial dispute, it is possible that the fairs were well established by then). Rădăuți has a cathedral, built in 1402, with the tombs of several Moldavian princes. Rădăuți was also the seat of a Greek bishopric, moved to Chernivtsi in 1786. Rădăuți was one of the largest cities of the Duchy of Bukovina during the period of Habsburg administration (1775–1918). During that time it saw

625-496: The preparation of the amalgamated territorial hromada budget in the part that concerns his settlements, and also perform other duties specified in Regulations on the starosta, which were approved by the council of the amalgamated territorial hromada. In particular, the council of the amalgamated territorial hromada could authorize the starosta to perform notarial acts on his own, or to transfer relevant documents from residents to

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