Sucevița () is a commune in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, namely Sucevița and Voievodeasa (). Sucevița Monastery, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site series of the painted Churches of Moldavia, is located in the commune.

Sucevița is also the second town along the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail.

List of mayors of Sucevița

MayorTerm DurationPolitical party PortainName Election Took office Left officeMayor of Sucevița Costan Chiraș - 1885 1894 Independent Gheorghe Boghean - 1918 1925 Independent Grigore Zaremba - 1926 1927 Independent Gheorghe Ițcuș - 1927 1929 Independent Grigore Zaremba - 1 January 1930 1 June 1933 Independent Simion Vatamaniuc - 25 February 1933 28 December 1937 Independent Gavril Roteliuc - 1936 1936 Unknown Gheorghe Ițcuș - 1 February 1938 24 October 1940 Independent Grigore Zaremba - 1 December 1941 15 September 1943 Independent Filip Chiraș - 15 September 1943 1 February 1944 Unknown Gheorghe Chiraș - 1 February 1944 1 April 1945 Unknown Ioan Vatamaniuc a Onufrei - 1 March 1945 31 December 1945 Unknown Iacob Cazac - 1 January 1946 20 November 1946 Unknown Gheorghe Chiraș - 20 November 1946 1 September 1949 Unknown Simion Vatamaniuc - 1 February 1941 1 December 1948 IndependentChairman of the People's Council Dimitrie Hrehorciuc 1949 1 July 1949 20 December 1950 PMR Dumitru Serafimovici - 20 December 1950 6 July 1952 PMR Vasile Cazac 195519591963 16 March 1955 1 April 1967 PMR/PCR Traian Roteliuc 1967 1 April 1967 1 June 1968 PCR Emilian Boghean 1968 1 June 1968 31 December 1972 PCR Toader Cazacu 19731977 1 January 1973 22 November 1981 PCR Constantin Iețcu 1981 1 December 1981 27 December 1983 PCR Elena Stroe - 27 December 1983 1 June 1985 PCR Ecaterina Jacotă 1985 1 June 1985 22 December 1989 PCRMayor of Sucevița Simion Vatamaniuc Jr. - 22 December 1989 27 July 1992 Unknown Stelian Dragoș Cazacu 1992 27 July 1992 22 June 1996 Unknown Toader Cazacu 19962000 22 June 1996 2004 Unknown Ioan Onufrei 20042008 2004 December 2012 PSD Dorin Pînzar 20122016 December 2012 2020 PSDActing Mayor of Sucevița Gheorghe Hrehorciuc 2020 2020 1 November 2024 PSDMayor of Sucevița Liviu Bodnărescu 2024 1 November 2024 Incumbent PNL

Natives

Józef Weber, Roman Catholic prelate

Notes Valerian I. Procopciuc, Sucevița, Cronică în imagini, Suceava, 2015

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