Octavian Utalea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Octavian Utalea

Prefect of Romania

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1868

Place of Birth: Maieru, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Profession: politician

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Octavian Utalea

  • Octavian Utalea (11 February 1868, Maieru (Hungarian: Major), Beszterce-Naszód, Kingdom of Hungary - present-day Bistrita-Nasaud County, Romania – ?) became mayor of the municipality of Cluj, Romania on 1 May 1923.
  • He served as mayor until 14 March 1926.
  • Among the accomplishments of his term in office were the opening of an Army Club (Cerc Militar) in the Reduta Palace and the founding of a School of Fine Arts (today's School of Plastic Arts) in the Central Park. He took classes at the law faculty of Cluj's Hungarian University, graduating in 1906.
  • He followed a military career and was very active in the national liberation movement of Transylvania's Romanians, being present at the Great National Assembly of 1 December 1918.
  • Aside from being mayor of Cluj, he held other administrative functions, for instance being prefect of Cluj County for a short time. He was a member of ASTRA and also of the Virtus Romana Rediviva lecture society.

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