Andrei Nistor announced on Wednesday, 21 October, on Facebook, that he had resigned as prefect of Bucharest. HotNews quotes the opening: “Today I resigned.” This is his announcement, not a dismissal and not the appointment of a successor in the Official Gazette.

He ties the step to Marian Neacșu’s appointment to the Interior Ministry. “It seems to me a defiance of all decent people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to put a convict in charge of them. But that is as far as the PSD could go.” The wording is Nistor’s. He also hopes that at the prefecture they will nominate “a person with their head on their shoulders” who will continue two projects.

HotNews notes that Neacșu was given a final six-month suspended sentence in February 2016 for conflict of interest after hiring his daughter in his parliamentary office, and that he has since been rehabilitated. Nistor wrote “convict,” not “rehabilitated.” The closed fact of this piece remains the announced resignation, not the 2016 case.

On digitisation, Nistor says funds from Bucharest City Hall have been secured, the technical solution has been chosen, and he offers unpaid help “if needed” so the project is not blocked. A state of play as he describes it, not a handover minute.

On the headquarters, he writes that the Prefecture pays EUR 50,000 a month to RAAPPS, rent plus utilities, and cites a 1994 government decision under which occupancy costs should be borne by the City Hall. He puts forward three options: the building at 13 Batiște Street to the Interior Ministry, a move into the former Sector 5 town hall on Elisabeta Boulevard, or a return to City Hall. Figures and options from the post, not a government decision today.

He thanks colleagues and asks the next prefect to let the civil servants work. Until a decree or an appointment, the closed fact is the resignation announcement. This is not a dismissal.

Image: Britchi Mirela, 13 Batiste Street, Bucharest, 21 July 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, Wikimedia Commons; the 2014 building, not a photograph of the 21 October 2026 announcement.

Sources consulted: Bucharest prefect resigns after Marian Neacsu appointment to Interior - Digi24; Bucharest prefect announced his resignation after Marian Neacsu appointment - HotNews, 21 October 2026.