Mayor of Kyiv

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Mayor of Kyiv City
Київський міський голова
File:Coat of arms of Kiev.svg
Coat of arms of Kyiv
AppointerPopular vote
Term length4 years[2]
Inaugural holderLeonid Kosakivsky
Formation1997
Websitekmr.gov.ua

The Head of Kyiv City (Ukrainian: Київський міський голова, romanized: Kyivskyi miskyi holova), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Мер Києва, romanized: Mer Kyieva), 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.[2] Current mayor Vitali Klitschko was sworn in on 5 June 2014.[1] Klitschko was last reelected in the 2020 Kyiv local election with 50.52% of the votes, in the first round of the election.[3]

Elections of mayor of Kyiv

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In March 1990, Kyiv's "First Truly Democratic" elections were announced (see Demokratizatsiya, part of Soviet Perestroika).[4] 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.[4] 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%.[5]

As of December 2006, Chernovetskyi's rating had decreased to 8%.[citation needed] 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%.[citation needed]

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.[6] From the resignation of Chernovetskyi[7][8][9][10] in July 2012 until fresh elections in 2014, Kyiv City Council Secretary and Deputy Mayor Halyna Hereha was the acting Mayor of Kyiv.[11][12][13][14]

In the 2014 Kyiv local election, Vitali Klitschko was elected as mayor of Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes.[15] Klitschko was sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014.[1][16]

The 2015 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2015.[17] 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.[18][19] Klitschko won the second round with 66.5%; Bereza gained 33.51% of the votes.[20]

The 2020 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2020.[21] 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.[3]

Dualism of authority in Kyiv

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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.[22] 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.[10][23][24] At the time that was Oleksandr Popov, who was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010.[10][23][24] Before these amendments, the elected mayor of the Kyiv City Council was automatically appointed also as head of the Kyiv City Administration.[22][25]

Chernovetskyi was not seen in Kyiv for several months after Popov's appointment,[10][26] but returned to the public eye in early 2011.[27][22] By that time, Chernovetskyi had become extremely unpopular among the residents of Kyiv.[28]

Chernovetskyi tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.[29] The city council decided on 12 July 2012 that Halyna Hereha would temporarily act as the mayor of the capital city.[29] 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).[29] New elections were held in 2014; Vitali Klitschko was elected as mayor of Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes.[15][30]

After 25 June 2014 the post of mayor of Kyiv and Head of Kyiv City Administration were being held by a single person again[31] after Vitali Klitschko, who had been sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014,[1] was appointed Head of Kyiv City Administration by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.[31] However, on 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky introduced a military administration in Kyiv, appointing major general Mykola Zhyrnov as wartime head of the city authority.[32] 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.[33]

List

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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)

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

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File:Печатка Київського магістрату 1550.png
Seal of Kyiv City Magistrate, 1550
  • Zanko (Hanko) Onkovych, c.1498/1502-1514[34]
  • Jan, c.1514-c.1528[35]
  • Ivan Cherevchey, 1528-1540 [36]
  • Jan Dkhorevs'kyj, c.1544-1548[37]
  • Semen Meleshkovych, 1548-1550[38]
  • Maksym Khonych, 1550-1555[39]
  • Semen Meleshkovych, 1555/1558-1563 (2nd term)
  • Bohush Lenkevych of Kotwicz coat of arms, 1563-1564[40]
  • Yurii Klymovych, 1565-1566[41]
  • Vasyl Cherevchey, 1566-1567[42]
  • Stanislav Sokolovs'kyj, 1568-1570 [43]

Kingdom of Poland

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  • Ustym Fits-Kobyzevych of Masalski coat of arms, 1569 (acting)
  • Havrylo Roj, 1570-1575[44]
  • 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[45]
  • Yatsko Balyka of Abdank coat of arms, 1593-1612[46]
  • 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[47]
  • Yosyf Khodyka, 1633-1641[48]
  • Samiylo (Samuel) Mefedovych, 1641-1644 [49]
  • Andrii (Andrzej) Khodyka, 1644-1649[50]

Cossack Hetmanate

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File:Печатка Київського магістрату 1671-1700.png
Seal of Kyiv Magistrate, 1671-1700
  • 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)

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  • 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)

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Russian Empire

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File:Kiev COA (Kiev Governorate) (1782).gif
Coat of arms of Kiev Governorate (1782)

Ukrainian People's Republic

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Reichskommissariat Ukraine (burgomasters)

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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File:Coat of Arms of Kyiv 1969-1995.svg
Coat of Arms of Kyiv in 1969-1995

Heads of local government in Kyiv since 1990

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Chairmen of the Kyiv City Council (1990–1999)

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  • 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)

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No. Portrait Mayor Took office Left office Time in office Party Ref.
1Kosakivsky, LeonidLeonid Kosakivsky
(born 1950)		10 July 1994[a]12 May 19983 years, 306 daysIndependent.
2Omelchenko, OleksandrOleksandr Omelchenko
(1938–2021)		30 May 199914 April 20066 years, 319 daysUnity of Oleksandr Omelchenko.
3Chernovetskyi, LeonidLeonid Chernovetskyi
(born 1951)		14 April 20063 June 20126 years, 50 daysLeonid Chernovetskyi Bloc[52]
ActingHereha, HalynaHalyna Hereha
(born 1959)		12 July 20125 June 20141 year, 328 daysIndependent[1][53]
4Klitschko, VitaliVitali Klitschko
(born 1971)		5 June 201411 years, 357 daysUDAR[1]

Previous posts

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Main article: List of mayors of Kyiv
  • 1500 – 1835 Vogt of the city of Kyiv, official title was "Vijt" (Ukrainian: Війт) which is an adaptation of the Polish "Wojt"
  • 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Acting since 29 April 1993

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kiev mayor, Interfax-Ukraine (5 June 2014)
  2. ^ a b Mahera: Elections in Kyiv may be held in May-June Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, forUm (13 February 2013)
  3. ^ a b Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
  4. ^ a b 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
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  9. ^ Events by themes: Chernovetsky opened sitting of Kyiv city council, UNIAN (February 24, 2011)
  10. ^ a b c d #14 Richest: Leonid Chernovetsky, 59, Kyiv Post (December 17, 2010)
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  15. ^ a b Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
  16. ^ Parliament sets elections for Kyiv mayor and Kyiv City Council deputies for May 25, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)
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  21. ^ Klitschko has the best chance to win Kyiv mayoral elections – exit poll, Ukrinform (25 October 2020)
  22. ^ a b c Political Risks and Political Stability in Ukraine, UCIPR (October 2010)
  23. ^ a b Popov: Activity of city council and city head limited, Kyiv Post (February 1, 2011)
  24. ^ a b Party of Regions leader: 'Pre-term mayoral elections in Kyiv are pointless', Kyiv Post (November 18, 2011)
  25. ^ Political Risks and Political Stability in Ukraine, UCIPR (October 2010)
  26. ^ Azarov asks “to find Chernovetskyi by all means”, UNIAN (January 28, 2011)
  27. ^ Missing Kiev mayor back to work _ maybe[dead link], The Washington Post (February 8, 2011)
  28. ^ Poll: 80 percent of Kyivans want mayor to resign, Kyiv Post (26 March 2009)
  29. ^ a b c Hereha sends petition to parliament on holding of early mayoral election in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (19 July 2012)
  30. ^ Ukraine boxing hero Klitschko claims Kiev mayor seat, The Straits Times (26 May 2014)
  31. ^ a b 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)
  32. ^ Zelenskyi has changed the head of Kyiv military administration
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  52. ^ Victory goes to Chernovetsky, "Our Ukraine" almost passes "Regions" (Черновецькому нарахували перемогу, "Наша Україна" ледь обігнала "регіони"). Ukrayinska Pravda. 31 March 2006
  53. ^ (in Russian) Halyna Hereha resigns, Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (13 June 2014)
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