Mayor of Minsk

The Mayor of Minsk,[lower-alpha 1] officially the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee[lower-alpha 2] is the chief executive of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The mayor of Minsk is appointed by the President of Belarus,[2][3] and has existed in its current form since the Russian Revolution of 1917 established the Minsk Urban Executive Committee in the city. Previously, Minsk was self-governing from the granting of Magdeburg rights in 1496[4] until its integration into the Russian Empire.[5]

Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee
Старшыня Мінскага гарадскога выканаўчага камітэта (Belarusian)
Председатель Минского городского исполнительного комитета (Russian)
Coat of arms of Minsk
Incumbent
Uladzimir Kukharau
since 3 September 2020
Residence8 Independence Avenue, Minsk[1]
AppointerPresidential appointment
Inaugural holderIvan Chodkiewicz
Formation1496
March 1917
Websiteminsk.gov.be (Archived)

List of mayors (since 1917)

1917–1941
  • Boris Pozern (1917)
  • Isidor Lyubimov (1917)
  • Kārlis Landers (1917)
  • Viktar Yarkin (1918–1919)
  • Kazimierz Cichowski (1919)
  • Fritz Küsse (1920–1921)
  • Adolf Getner (1922–1923)
  • Siarhiey Karp (1924)
  • Adam Slavinskyi (1924)
  • Stsiapan Yatskievich (1924–1929)
  • Nichypar Aksiuchyts (1929–1930)
  • Iosif Balodzka (1931–1933)
  • Anton Karanieuski (1933–1934)
  • Yemialian Zhukovich (1934–1937)
  • Kanstantsin Budaryn (1940–1941)[6]

1941–1943

1944–1991
  • Kanstantsin Budaryn (1944–1945)
  • Ivan Paromchyk (1945–1946)
  • Kanstantsin Dluhasheuski (1946–1954)
  • Vasil Sharapau (1954–1968)
  • Mikhail Kovalev (1968–1977)
  • Hienadz Bartashevich (1977)
  • Stanislau Lukashevich (1977–1980)
  • Heorhiy Tarazievich (1980–1983)
  • Valiery Piachennikau (1983–1985)
  • Uladzimir Mikhasiou (1985–1990)
  • Mikhail Marynich (1990–1991)[6]

1991–present

Notes
  1. Belarusian: Кіраўнік Мінска, romanized: Kiraunik Minska; Russian: Глава Минска, romanized: Glava Minska
  2. Belarusian: Старшыня Мінскага гарадскога выканаўчага камітэта, romanized: Starshynia Minskaha haradskoha vykanauchaha kamiteta; Russian: Председател Минского городского исполнительного комитета, romanized: Predsedatel Minskogo gorodskogo ispolnitelnogo komiteta

References
  1. "Минский городской исполнительный комитет" [Minsk Urban Executive Committee]. Minsk Urban Executive Committee (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. "Lukashenko appoints new Minsk mayor". Official website of the Republic of Belarus. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. "New Minsk mayor appointed". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. "Minsk before 1917". JewishGen. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. "The Relation Between Belarus and the Russian Empire". G4 Tours. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. "Руководители города (с 1879 года)" [City heads (since 1879)]. Minsk Urban Executive Committee (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. Rein, Leonid (2011). The Kings and the Pawns: Collaboration in Byelorussia during World War II. Berghahn Books. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-84545-776-1.
  8. Эм, Васіль Дэ (8 June 2019). "20 нечаканых фактаў пра Вацлава Іваноўскага" [20 unexpected facts about Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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