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Mayor of Moscow
Coat of arms of Moscow
Flag of the City of Moscow
Incumbent Sergei Sobyanin since 21 October 2010
Style	His Excellency Mr. Mayor
Seat	Moscow City Hall Building
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Gavriil Popov
Formation	12 June 1991
Website	Office of the Mayor

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. 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.

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

Responsibilities

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

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. 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. 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

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

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		6 July 2007	United Russia
	No Direct Election		6 July 2007		28 September 2010	position abolished
—				Vladimir Resin Acting	28 September 2010	21 October 2010	United Russia
19				Sergei Sobyanin	21 October 2010	5 June 2013	United Russia
—			5 June 2013		12 September 2013
(19)	2013		12 September 2013		18 September 2018
	2018		18 September 2018		18 September 2023
	2023		18 September 2023		Incumbent

Previous heads of Moscow government

Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)

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		Alexander 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

Latest election

See also

• Governor of Saint Petersburg
• Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)
• Government of Moscow
• Moscow City Police

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

External links

• Official Website

v t e Mayors of Moscow
Mayors	Gavriil Popov (1991–1992) Yury Luzhkov (1992–2010) Vladimir Resin (2010) Sergey Sobyanin (2010-present)
Vice Mayors	Yury Luzhkov (1991–1992) Valery Shantsev (1996–2005)
Italics indicate acting officeholders The office was disestablished in 2005

v t e Heads (governors) of federal subjects of Russia
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Federal cities	Moscow Saint Petersburg Sevastopol
Autonomous oblast	Jewish
Autonomous okrugs	Chukotka Khanty-Mansi Nenets Yamalo-Nenets
Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine Administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast Administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast

v t e Elections in Moscow
Mayoral elections	1991 1996 1999 2003 2013 2018 2023 2028
Legislative elections	1990 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2014 2019 2024
Local self-government	2012 2017 2022 2027

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