Mayor of Kiev
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Mayor of Kiev is the elected mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of the municipality of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the capital of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, who is also normally automatically appointed as Head of the City's State Administration and Chair of the City Council
Legal status and local government of Kiev
The City of Kiev has a unique legal status compared to the other administrative subdivisions of Ukraine. The most significant difference is that the city is functionally independent of the oblast in which it sits. That is, it is subordinated directly to the national-level branches of the...

.

The current mayor is Leonid Chernovetsky, who has held the position since March 26, 2006. However, since November 2010 most of his powers where transferred to the new Head of Kiev City State Administration, Oleksandr Popov.

Fall of Chernovetsky

Since the appointment by President Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.Yanukovych served as the Governor of Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002...

 of Oleksandr Popov as Head of Kiev City State Administration on November 16, 2010, replacing the incumbent mayor, Chernovetsky was deprived of any official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to Popov. Yanukovych was able to appoint Popov after Ukraine's national parliament had amended the law on “the capital of Ukraine – hero city
Hero City
Hero City is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during the German-Soviet War of 1941 to 1945. It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union. In addition the Brest Fortress was awarded an equivalent title of Hero-Fortress...

 of Kiev” on September 7, 2010 making it possible for the president to appoint the chairman of the city administration at his discretion (before the amendments, the elected mayor of Kiev was automatically appointed head of the city administration). Another presidential decree relieved Chernovitsky of the office of "Head of the Kiev State Administration", while still preserving the post of mayor.

Chernovetsky was not seen in Kiev for several months after Popov's appointment. But returned to the public eye early 2011. Among the city residents of Kiev, Chernovetskyi had become extremely unpopular.

Elections of the mayor of Kiev

According to the Kiev City Electoral Commission, Chernovetsky won in 2006 31.83% of the popular vote, Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously...

 placed second with 23.7%, and incumbent Oleksandr Omelchenko
Oleksandr Omelchenko
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko became the mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in 1999. He lost his re-election bid in March 2006. Omelchenko is now member of the Verkhovna Rada elected on behalf of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc but expelled from that fraction in September 2011....

 placed third with 21.2%.

As of December 2006, the rating of Chernovetsky decreased to 8%. That is mostly due to his betrayal of those who elected him, most notably through his increasing of the price of household services (such as hot and cold running water and gas) by 340%.

Leonid Chernovetskyi won another term as Mayor of Kiev with 38% of the vote in the May 25, 2008 snap local election, called on by the Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

 in March.

The next Kiev local election (including Mayoral elections) are set for 2012.

List of Mayors of Kiev

  • 2006 – present Leonid Chernovetskyi
    Leonid Chernovetskyi
    Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi is the incumbent Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Before his political career, he was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine.-Biography:Chernovetskyi quit school...

  • 1999 - 2006 Oleksandr Omelchenko
    Oleksandr Omelchenko
    Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Omelchenko became the mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in 1999. He lost his re-election bid in March 2006. Omelchenko is now member of the Verkhovna Rada elected on behalf of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc but expelled from that fraction in September 2011....

  • 1993 - 1999 Leonid Kosakivskyi
  • 1992 - 1993 Ivan Saliy (President's representative)

Earlier leaders of Kiev

Chiefs of City's Executive Committee (Ukraine)
  • 1992 Ivan Dankevych
  • 1991 - 1992 Oleksandr Mosiyuk
  • Hryhoriy Malyshevskyi

Chiefs of City's Executive Committee (Soviet Union)
  • 1979 - 1990 Valentyn Zhyrskyi
  • 1968 - 1979 Volodymyr Husyev
  • 1963 - 1968 Mykhailo Burka
  • 1947 - 1963 Oleksiy Davydov
  • 1946 - 1947 Fedir Chebotariov
  • 1944 - 1946 Fedir Mokiyenko

Burgmeisters (Germany)
  • 02/1942 - 11/1943 Leontiy Forostivskyi
  • 10/1941 - 02/1942 Volodymyr Bahaziy
  • 9/1941 - 10/1941 Oleksandr Ohloblyn

Chiefs of City's Executive Committee (Soviet Union)
  • 1938 - 1941 Ivan Shevtsov (deputy)
  • 1937 - 1940 Mykola Pashko
  • 1937 Pavlo Khrystych
  • 1934 - 1937 Rafail Petrushanskyi
  • 1925 - 1927 Panteleimon Svystun
  • 1924 - 1925 Hryhoriy Hrynko
  • 1920 - 1923 Jan Hamarnyk

City's Governor (Ukrainian Nation)
  • 1919 - Ipolit Dyakov
  • 1917 - 1918 Yevhen Riabtsov

City's Governor (Russian Empire)
  • 1916 - 1917 Fedir Burchak
  • 1906 - 1916 Ipolit Dyakov
  • .....
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