Gheorghe Nichita

Gheorghe Nichita (born September 15, 1956) is a Romanian politician, who served as the mayor of Iași from 2003 to 2015, when he was suspended over allegations of corruption.

[4] In 2000, Nichita switched to the Social Democratic Party, and three years later became the interim mayor after his predecessor, Constantin Simirad (in office 1991–2003), was appointed Romanian ambassador to Cuba by President Ion Iliescu.

On 1 May 2015, Nichita was detained during the night by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), after more than seven hours of hearings on suspicion of abuse of office.

Next day, a court ruled he would be investigated under judicial control, meaning he was banned from leaving the city and had to report to police.

Mihai Ceaușu (17 years old that time) was the person who called the police on him, after Nichita refused a festival project on his name.