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Mayor of Moscow

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Mayor of Moscow
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Coat of arms of Moscow
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since 21 October 2010
StyleHis Excellency
Mr. Mayor
SeatMoscow City Hall Building
AppointerPopular vote
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderGavriil Popov
Formation12 June 1991
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor
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Moscow City Hall Building, the residence of the Mayor of Moscow (13 Tverskaya Street). Former Moscow Governor General House and Mossoviet building.
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Sobyanin with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in his inaugural ceremony, at the Moscow City Hall Building. October 2010

The Mayor of Moscow (Russian: Мэр Москвы, romanized: Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow, the main executive body of the city.

Moscow is both a city and separate federal subject, according to the Constitution of Russia.[1] Most federal subjects are headed by governors, but the office of the head of Moscow is called Mayor of the City of Moscow, according to the Charter of the city of Moscow.[2]

Sergei Sobyanin, the incumbent Mayor of Moscow, was re-elected for a new term in 2018 and then in 2023.

Responsibilities

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The separate office of the Premier of the Government of Moscow existed in 1991-2001 (Yury Luzhkov was the only officeholder), but it was merged with the office of Mayor of Moscow. 1999 Moscow mayoral election was the last time when the mayor ran together with the vice-mayor.

Mayor of Moscow heads Government of Moscow. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Moscow. The mayor's office is located in Moscow City Hall Building in Tverskaya Street and has jurisdiction over all districts of the City of Moscow. The mayor appoints deputy mayors, directors (heads of city departments) and other officials.

The Government of Moscow's budget is the largest regional budget in Russia.

Elections

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The position of Mayor of Moscow was elected between 1991 and 2004. In 2004, Vladimir Putin proposed a law to abolish the direct election of governors, the mayor of Moscow, and the presidents of Russian regions. The law was swiftly passed by the parliament.[3] The new legislation changed the election system to an indirect one, in which parliamentary political parties and the President of Russia nominated a candidate who must then have been approved by the Moscow City Duma. Following the 2011–13 Russian protests that followed the 2011 parliamentary election, President Dmitry Medvedev offered to re-introduce the direct elections of the governors and the mayor of Moscow, and legislation to this effect was passed by the Parliament.[4] In the 2013 mayoral election, for the first time in 10 years, the mayor was elected by popular vote.

A candidate to the office must be a citizen of the Russian Federation over the age of 30. Candidates can be nominated both by political parties and as self-nomination. In any case, candidates must pass the "municipal filter" (collection of signatures of municipal deputies).

Latest election

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Sergei Sobyanin was re-elected for a new term in 2023.

Mayors of Moscow (1991–present)

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No. Mayor Took office Left office Time in office Party Vice Mayor Election
1 Image Gavriil Popov 12 June 1991 6 June 1992 360 days Democratic Russia Yury Luzhkov 1991
2 Image Yury Luzhkov 6 June 1992 28 September 2010[5] 18 years, 114 days Independent →
Fatherland →
United Russia		 vacancy –[a]
Valery Shantsev
(1996–2005)		 1996
1999
2003
2007[b]
position abolished[c]
— Image Vladimir Resin 28 September 2010 21 October 2010 23 days United Russia Acting
3 Image Sergei Sobyanin 21 October 2010 5 June 2013 15 years, 257 days United Russia 2010[b]
— 5 June 2013[8] 12 September 2013 Acting
(3) 12 September 2013[9] Incumbent 2013
2018
2023

Previous heads of Moscow government

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Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)

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No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office Political party
1 Image Viktor Nogin September 1917 November 1917 61 days Communist Party
2 Image Mikhail Pokrovsky November 1917 March 1918 120 days
3 Image Pyotr Smidovich March 1918 October 1918 214 days
4 Image Lev Kamenev October 1918 16 January 1926 7 years, 107 days
5 Image Konstantin Ukhanov 16 January 1926 1931 4 years, 350 days
6 Image Nikolai Bulganin 1931 22 July 1937 6 years, 202 days
7 Image Ivan Sidorov 22 July 1937 3 November 1938 1 year, 104 days
8 Image Alexander Yefremov 3 November 1938 14 April 1939 162 days
9 Image Vasily Pronin 14 April 1939 7 December 1944 5 years, 237 days
10 Image Georgy Popov 7 December 1944 18 January 1950 5 years, 42 days
11 Image Mikhail Yasnov 18 January 1950 2 February 1956 6 years, 15 days
12 Image Nikolai Bobrovnikov 2 February 1956 2 September 1961 5 years, 212 days
13 Image Nikolai Dygai 2 September 1961 6 March 1963 1 year, 185 days
14 Image Vladimir Promyslov 11 March 1963 December 1985 22 years, 265 days
15 Image Valery Saykin 3 January 1986 14 April 1990 4 years, 11 days
16 Image Yury Luzhkov 26 April 1990[10] 2 July 1991[11] 1 year, 67 days

Timeline

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Sergey SobyaninVladimir ResinYury LuzhkovGavriil Popov (politician)Valery SaykinVladimir PromyslovNikolai DygaiNikolai BobrovnikovMikhail YasnovGeorgy Popov (politician)Vasily ProninAleksandr Yefremov (politician)Ivan SidorovNikolai BulganinKonstantin UkhanovLev KamenevPyotr SmidovichMikhail PokrovskyViktor NoginImage

Latest election

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Summary of the 10 September 2023 Moscow mayoral election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Sergey Sobyanin United Russia 2,491,327 76.85
Leonid Zyuganov Communist Party 264,644 8.16
Boris Chernyshov Liberal Democratic Party 183,132 5.65
Vladislav Davankov New People 174,286 5.38
Dmitry Gusev A Just Russia 128,306 3.96
Total 3,241,695 100.00
Valid votes 3,241,695 99.40
Invalid/blank votes 19,718 0.60
Registered voters/turnout 7,604,055 42.89

Official results published by the Moscow City Electoral Commission [12]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Succeeded as vice mayor
  2. 1 2 Appointed by the President of Russia with the consent of the Moscow City Duma.
  3. ↑ Vice mayor ceased to be an elected office in 2003[6] and was abolished in 2005 after Valery Shantsev resigned.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ Constitution of the Russian Federation, 65-1
  2. ↑ "Устав города Москвы (утв. Московской городской Думой 28 июня 1995 г.) / Глава 1. Основные положения (ст.ст. 1 - 10)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Цыбульский, Владимир (January 24, 2013). Синдром отмены (in Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Russia's Medvedev Proposes Direct Elections Of Governors".
  5. ↑ Alexandra Odynova (September 29, 2010). "Luzhkov Fired Over 'Loss of Confidence'". The Moscow Times.
  6. ↑ "Вице-мэр Москвы будет назначаться указом градоначальника" [Vice mayor of Moscow to be appointed by mayor's decree]. Moscow City Duma (in Russian). July 9, 2003. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  7. ↑ "У Москвы больше не будет вице-мэра" [Moscow will no longer have a vice mayor]. newsru.com (in Russian). October 31, 2005.
  8. ↑ "Подписан Указ о досрочном прекращении полномочий мэра Москвы" [Decree on early termination of powers of the Mayor of Moscow was signed]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). June 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). September 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Исполком Моссовета: новая голова - старая шея". Kommersant (in Russian). No. 16. April 30, 1990. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  11. ↑ "06126". www.knowbysight.info. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Данные о предварительных итогах голосования. Выборы Мэра Москвы". Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
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