The Executive Power of the Baku City, informally called the mayoralty of Baku or the Baku Soviet (Baksovet), is the executive authority of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku. Its seat is in the Baroque building, built in the beginning of the 20th century.

History In 1870, the Baku City Duma was established. It functioned until 1917-18, and later the Baku Soviet, the Baku Public Security Committee, the Baku Council of Public Organizations, and the Baku City Public Self-Government were established in its place.

During Soviet era, the Executive Power of the Baku City was named the Executive Committee of the Baku City Workers' Deputies Council (in 1939–1977), then the Executive Committee of the Baku City Council of People's Deputies (in 1977–1991). Since 1991 it has been named the executive power of the Baku City.

List MayorTerm StartTerm EndPavel Parsadanovich Argutinsky-Dolgorukov1846Iosif Dzhakeli14 January 1878January 1879Stanislav Despot-Zenovich18791893Khristofor Antonov1893?Konstantin Iretskiy1896?Nikolaus von der Nonne18981901Alexander Novikov19031904Kamil Safaraliyev19041906Pyotr Martynov1906?Mikhail Folbaum1908Pyotr Martynov1910Fyodor Golovin1912Sanan Alizade18 October 199115 April 1992Aghasalim Baghirov15 April 19924 July 1992 Rauf Gulmammadov4 July 1992 3 July 1993Rafael Allahverdiyev3 July 199316 October 2000Muhammed Abbasov16 October 200030 January 2001Hajibala Abutalybov30 January 2001 21 April 2018Eldar Azizov15 November 2018Present

Building

The building of Baku City Executive Power was originally built as three-floor Baku City Duma and was influenced by layout of Hôtel de Ville. It has a spacious vestibule, wide corridors, marble principal staircase and sophisticated interiors. The second floor houses the state rooms and session hall.

The red decorative bricks and colored marble for the construction were brought from Italy. Having posted a tower in the center of main front and uniting it organically with main part, Józef Gosławski provided brightness and entireness of the composition amid complex details and elements. The central part of the facade bears the seal of Baku, which incorporates three golden torches. The building was Gosławski's last work, he died in the year the building was finished.

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