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===1989 revolution and after=== During the [[Romanian Revolution]] of 1989, Cluj-Napoca was one of the scenes of the rebellion: 26 were killed and approximately 170 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 1996 |title=O mură în gura comisiei "Evenimentele din decembrie" |url=http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/revolution/catavencu.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512020046/http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/revolution/catavencu.htm |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=2008-03-21 |publisher=[[Academia Cațavencu]] |language=ro}}</ref> After the end of totalitarian rule, the nationalist politician [[Gheorghe Funar]] became mayor and governed for the next 12 years. His tenure was marked by strong Romanian nationalism and acts of [[ethnic]] provocation against the Hungarian-speaking minority. This deterred foreign investment;<ref name="Financial Times-2008"/> however, in [[Politics of Cluj-Napoca|June 2004]], Gheorghe Funar was voted out of office, and the city entered a period of rapid economic growth.<ref name="Financial Times-2008"/> From 2004 to 2009, the mayor was [[Emil Boc]], concurrently president of the [[Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)|Democratic Liberal Party]]. He went on to be elected as [[Prime Minister of Romania|prime minister]], returning as mayor in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 December 2008 |title=Guvernul Boc a fost învestit de Parlament |url=http://www.cotidianul.ro/guvernul_boc_a_fost_investit_de_parlament-68423.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111041522/http://www.cotidianul.ro/guvernul_boc_a_fost_investit_de_parlament-68423.html |archive-date=11 January 2009 |access-date=2009-07-22 |work=Cotidianul |language=ro}}</ref><ref name="Bianca Preda-2012">{{Cite news |last=Bianca Preda |date=22 June 2012 |title=Emil Boc a depus jurământul de primar |url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/Emil_Boc_a_depus_juramantul_de_primar_0_723527938.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626054139/http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/Emil_Boc_a_depus_juramantul_de_primar_0_723527938.html |archive-date=26 June 2012 |access-date=2012-06-22 |work=Adevărul |language=ro}}</ref>
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