Mayor of Kyiv

The Head of Kyiv City (), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the City State Administration of Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Council.

The mayor is elected for the term of four years.Mahera: Elections in Kyiv may be held in May-June , forUm (13 February 2013) Current mayor Vitali Klitschko was sworn in on 5 June 2014. Klitschko was last reelected in the 2020 Kyiv local election with 50.52% of the votes, in the first round of the election.Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)

Elections of mayor of Kyiv In March 1990, Kyiv's "First Truly Democratic" elections were announced (see Demokratizatsiya, part of Soviet Perestroika).Tuchynskaya, S., Chalenko, A. How mayors were elected in Kyiv for the past 15 years (Как в Киеве 15 лет мэров выбирали). UkrRudProm. 24 April 2008 Dmytro Tabachnyk (ran as the Communist party candidate) and Mikhail Pogrebinsky (ran as an unaffiliated candidate) in an interview with Segodnya claimed that they were truly the most honest elections. The elections took place alongside the 1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election.

Following the political crisis of 1993–94, snap elections were held for to elect the country's president and parliament, as well as local elections.

In 2006, according to the Kyiv City Electoral Commission, Leonid Chernovetskyi won 31.83% of the popular vote, Vitali Klitschko placed second with 23.7%, and incumbent Oleksandr Omelchenko placed third with 21.2%.

As of December 2006, Chernovetskyi's rating had decreased to 8%. This was mostly due to his betrayal of those who elected him, most notably through his increasing of the price of household services (such as water and gas) by 340%.

However, Chernovetskyi won a second term as Mayor of Kyiv with 38% of the vote in the 25 May 2008 snap local election, called by the Verkhovna Rada in March. From the resignation of ChernovetskyiChernovetsky says he will no longer run for Kyiv mayor, Kyiv Post (16 February 2012)Events by themes: Chernovetsky opened sitting of Kyiv city council, UNIAN (February 24, 2011)#14 Richest: Leonid Chernovetsky, 59, Kyiv Post (December 17, 2010) in July 2012 until fresh elections in 2014, Kyiv City Council Secretary and Deputy Mayor Halyna Hereha was the acting Mayor of Kyiv.Kyiv’s hot races: City mayor vs. Svoboda activist, Kyiv Post (30 October 2012)Svoboda activist snatches victory in a tight race with Kyiv mayor, Kyiv Post (31 October 2012)

In the 2014 Kyiv local election, Vitali Klitschko was elected as mayor of Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes. Klitschko was sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014.Parliament sets elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies for May 25, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)

The 2015 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2015. A second round of mayoral elections was held on 15 November 2015 between Klitschko and Boryslav Bereza after incumbent Mayor Klitschko scored 40.5% of the vote and Bereza 8.8% in the first round. Klitschko won the second round with 66.5%; Bereza gained 33.51% of the votes.

The 2020 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2020.Klitschko has the best chance to win Kyiv mayoral elections – exit poll, Ukrinform (25 October 2020) Incumbent Mayor Klitschko won the election with 50.52% of the votes, in the first round of the election. None of the other candidates had more than 10% of the vote.

Dualism of authority in Kyiv An October 2010 Presidential decree relieved then-mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi of the office of Head of Kyiv City Administration, while still preserving the post of mayor. This led to Chernovetskyi being deprived of his official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to the Head of Kyiv City Administration.Popov: Activity of city council and city head limited, Kyiv Post (February 1, 2011)Party of Regions leader: 'Pre-term mayoral elections in Kyiv are pointless', Kyiv Post (November 18, 2011) At the time that was Oleksandr Popov, who was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010. Before these amendments, the elected mayor of the Kyiv City Council was automatically appointed also as head of the Kyiv City Administration.Political Risks and Political Stability in Ukraine, UCIPR (October 2010)Political Risks and Political Stability in Ukraine, UCIPR (October 2010)

Chernovetskyi was not seen in Kyiv for several months after Popov's appointment,Azarov asks “to find Chernovetskyi by all means”, UNIAN (January 28, 2011) but returned to the public eye in early 2011.Missing Kiev mayor back to work _ maybe, The Washington Post (February 8, 2011) By that time, Chernovetskyi had become extremely unpopular among the residents of Kyiv.Poll: 80 percent of Kyivans want mayor to resign, Kyiv Post (26 March 2009)

Chernovetskyi tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.Hereha sends petition to parliament on holding of early mayoral election in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (19 July 2012) The city council decided on 12 July 2012 that Halyna Hereha would temporarily act as the mayor of the capital city. A petition to the Ukrainian Parliament on holding an early mayoral election in the city was sent (the dates of the early mayoral elections are set by Ukraine's parliament). New elections were held in 2014; Vitali Klitschko was elected as mayor of Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes.Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)Ukraine boxing hero Klitschko claims Kiev mayor seat, The Straits Times (26 May 2014)

After 25 June 2014 the post of mayor of Kyiv and Head of Kyiv City Administration were being held by a single person again after Vitali Klitschko, who had been sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014, was appointed Head of Kyiv City Administration by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.Poroshenko appoints Klitschko head of Kyiv city administration - decree, Interfax-Ukraine (25 June 2014)Poroshenko orders Klitschko to bring title of best European capital back to Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (25 June 2014) However, on 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced a military administration in Kyiv, appointing major general Mykola Zhyrnov as wartime head of the city authority.Zelenskyi has changed the head of Kyiv military administration On 21 October 2022 Zhyrnov was replaced on his post by colonel general Serhiy Popko. Mayor Klitschko continues to execute his functions as head of Kyiv's civilian authority and is also part of the city's Defense Council.

List

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kyiv. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.

Wójt (head of city government)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Zanko (Hanko) Onkovych, c.1498/1502-1514 Jan, c.1514-c.1528 Ivan Cherevchey, 1528-1540 Jan Dkhorevs'kyj, c.1544-1548 Semen Meleshkovych, 1548-1550 Maksym Khonych, 1550-1555 Semen Meleshkovych, 1555/1558-1563 (2nd term) Bohush Lenkevych of Kotwicz coat of arms, 1563-1564 Yurii Klymovych, 1565-1566| Vasyl Cherevchey, 1566-1567 Stanislav Sokolovs'kyj, 1568-1570

Kingdom of Poland Ustym Fits-Kobyzevych of Masalski coat of arms, 1569 (acting) Havrylo Roj, 1570-1575 Semen Konashkovych, 1575 (acting) Fedir Cherevchey, 1576-1581 Semen Konashkovych, 1581-1587 Fedir Vovk, 1587-1592/1593 Erazm Strawinski of Sulima coat of arms, 1593 Yatsko Balyka of Abdank coat of arms, 1593-1612 Fedir Khodyka-Kobyzevych of Masalski coat of arms, 1613-1625 Artem Konashkovych, 1625-1628 Sozon Balyka, 1628-1629 Ivan Yevseyovych, 1629-1631 Stefan Kryvkovych, 1631-1632 Yosyf Khodyka, 1633-1641 Samiylo (Samuel) Mefedovych, 1641-1644 Andrii (Andrzej) Khodyka, 1644-1649

Cossack Hetmanate Source:

Bohdan Somkovych, 1649-1651 Andrzej Khodyka, 1651 (restoration of Polish rule by Janusz Radziwiłł) Bohdan Somkovych, 1653-1660 Danilo Polotsky, 1660-1675 Fedir-Zhdan Tadryna, 1675-1677 Zhdan Tadryna, 1677-1687 Jan Bykovsky, 1687-1699 Fedor Bykovsky, 1699 Dmytro Polotsky, 1699-1733

Russian Empire (as part of Kiev Governorate) Kuzma Krychevyts, 1733–1734 Pavlo Voynich, 1734-1751 Ivan Sychevsky, 1753-1766 Hryhoriy Pyvovarov, 1766-1781 Yakiv Davydovsky, 1781-1785 Vasyl Kopystensky, 1785-1787 (head of city duma) Yuhym Mytyuk, 1787-1790 (head of city duma) Hryhoriy Radzytsky, 1790-1801 (head of city duma until the restoration of Magdeburg Law in 1798) Heorhiy Rybalsky, 1801-1813 Philip Lakerda, 1813-1814 Mykhailo Hryhorenko, 1815-1826 Hryhoriy Kyselivsky, 1826-1834

Mayors (heads of the city) Russian Empire

, 1835-1837 , 1837-1838 , 1838-1841 , 1841-1844 , 1844-1847 , 1847-1851 , 1851-1853 , 1853-1854 , 1854-1857 , 1857-1860 , 1860-1863 , 1863-1871 Pavlo Demidov San Donato, 1871–1872, 1873-1874 , 1872-1873 , 1875-1879 , 1879-1884 , 1884-1887 , 1887-1900 , 1900-1906 , 1906-1916 , 1916-1917

Ukrainian People's Republic Yevhen Ryabtsov, 1917-1918 Ipolyt Dyakov, 1918 Yevhen Ryabtsov, 1918-1919 , 1919 , 1920 (military commissar)

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Hryhoriy Chudnovsky, 1918 (civil commissar) Andrei Bubnov, 1919 (head of City Executive Council) Andriy Ivanov, 1919-1920 (head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee) Mykhailo Vetoshkin, 1920 (head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee) Yan Gamarnik, 1920-1923 (until 1921 - head of Kyiv Governorate Revolutionary Committee, after 1921 - head of Kyiv City Council) Hryhoriy Hrynko, 1923-1925 , 1925 Panas Lyubchenko, 1925-1927 , 1928-1932 , 1932 , 1932-1934 , 1934-1937 , 1937 Taras Mitulynsky, 1937 (acting head of city council) , 1937-1938 (acting) , 1938-1941

Reichskommissariat Ukraine (burgomasters) Oleksander Ohloblyn, 1941 Volodymyr Bahaziy, 1941-1942 , 1942-1943

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

, 1943-1944 , 1944-1946 , 1946-1947 , 1947-1963 , 1963-1968 Volodymyr Gusev, 1968-1979 Valentyn Zghursky, 1979-1990 Mykola Lavrukhin, 1990 , 1990-1991

Heads of local government in Kyiv since 1990

Chairmen of the Kyiv City Council (1990–1999) 1990: Arnold Nazarchuk 1990–1991: Hryhoriy Malyshevsky 1991–1992: Oleksandr Mosyuk (acting) 1992–1994: Vasyl Nesterenko 1994–1997: Leonid Kosakivsky 1998–1999: Oleksandr Omelchenko

Heads of Kyiv City (Mayors of Kyiv)

Previous posts

1500 – 1835 Vogt of the city of Kyiv, official title was "Vijt" () which is an adaptation of the Polish "Wojt" Vogt was in charge of city magistrate. After the partition of Poland the post was transformed and the magistrate became a city court. In 1831 the Magdeburg town rights were abolished in the Russian Empire, except for Kyiv where they were discontinued in 1835 following a transitional period that began in 1781. 1835 – 1919 Head of the city of Kyiv (Russian Empire) 1919 – 1941 and 1943 - 1991 Chairperson of the Kyiv City Council (Soviet Union) 1941 – 1943 Burgomaster (Nazi Germany) 1990 – 1999 Chairperson of the Kyiv City Council since 1999 – Head of the City of Kyiv

See also Kyiv City State Administration Kyiv City Council Timeline of Kyiv

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