Mayor of Moscow

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.

"Governor of Moscow" redirects here. For heads of the federal subject before 1991, see List of heads of Moscow government.
Not to be confused with Governor of Moscow Oblast.

Mayor of Moscow
Coat of arms of Moscow
Flag of the City of Moscow
Incumbent
Sergey Sobyanin
since 21 October 2010
StyleHis Excellency
Mr. Mayor
Residence13 Tverskaya Street, Moscow
SeatMoscow City House
AppointerPopular vote
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderGavriil Popov
Formation12 June 1991
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor
Residence of the Mayor of Moscow (13 Tverskaya Street). Former Moscow Governor General House and Mossoviet building.
Sobyanin in his inaugural ceremony, in the Residence of the Mayor of Moscow. October 2010

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]

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

Responsibilities
See also: Government of Moscow and Charter of the city of Moscow

The separate office of the Premier of the Government of Moscow existed in 1991-2001 (Yuri 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 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
See also: Elections in Russia § Regional elections

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
See also: 2018 Moscow mayoral election

Sergey Sobyanin was re-elected for a new term in 2018.

Mayors of Moscow (1991–present)
No. Election Mayor Took office Left office Party Vice Mayor
17 1991 Gavriil Popov 12 June 1991 6 June 1992 Democratic Russia Yury Luzhkov
18 Yury Luzhkov 6 June 1992 16 June 1996 independent vacancy
1996 16 June 1996 19 December 1999 Valery Shantsev
(1996–2005)
1999 19 December 1999 17 December 2003 OVR → UR
2003 17 December 2003[5] 6 July 2007 United Russia
No Direct Election 6 July 2007[6] 28 September 2010 position abolished
— Vladimir Resin
Acting		 28 September 2010 21 October 2010 United Russia
19 Sergey Sobyanin 21 October 2010 5 June 2013 United Russia
— 5 June 2013[7] 12 September 2013
(19) 2013 12 September 2013[8] 18 September 2018
2018 18 September 2018[9] 18 September 2023
2023 18 September 2023[10] Incumbent

Previous heads of Moscow government
Main article: List of heads of Moscow government

Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)
Further information: Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Political party
1 Viktor Nogin September 1917 November 1917 Communist Party
2 Mikhail Pokrovsky November 1917 March 1918
3 Pyotr Smidovich March 1918 October 1918
4 Lev Kamenev October 1918 16 January 1926
5 Konstantin Ukhanov 16 January 1926 1931
6 Nikolai Bulganin 1931 22 July 1937
7 Ivan Sidorov 22 July 1937 3 November 1938
8 Aleksandr Yefremov 3 November 1938 14 April 1939
9 Vasily Pronin 14 April 1939 7 December 1944
10 Georgy Popov 7 December 1944 18 January 1950
11 Mikhail Yasnov 18 January 1950 2 February 1956
12 Nikolai Bobrovnikov 2 February 1956 1961
13 Nikolai Dygai 1961 1963
14 Vladimir Promyslov 1963 1986
15 Valery Saikin 3 January 1986 14 April 1990
16 Yury Luzhkov 26 April 1990 2 July 1991[11]

Latest election
Main article: 2018 Moscow mayoral election
Summary of the 9 September 2018 Moscow mayoral election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Sergey Sobyanin Independent 1,582,762 70.17
Vadim Kumin Communist Party CPRF 256,717 11.38
Ilya Sviridov A Just Russia JR 158,106 7.01
Mikhail Degtyarev Liberal Democratic Party LDPR 151,642 6.72
Mikhail Balakin Union of Citizens UC 42,192 1.87
Total 2,191,419 100.00
Valid votes 2,191,419 97.15
Blank ballots 64,279 2.85
Turnout 2,255,698 30.91
Registered voters 7,296,529

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

See also

References
  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)".
  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. "Лужков официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Luzhkov officially took office as mayor of Moscow] (in Russian). December 17, 2003.
  6. "Лужков вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Luzhkov took office as mayor of Moscow] (in Russian). July 26, 2007.
  7. "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.
  8. "Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). September 12, 2013.
  9. "Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). September 18, 2018.
  10. "Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow]. Vedomosti (in Russian). September 18, 2023.
  11. Москва
  12. Данные о предварительных итогах голосования. Выборы Мэра Москвы
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