The Mayor of Moscow () 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.Constitution of the Russian Federation, 65-1 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.
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) Mayor Took office Left office Time in office Party Vice Mayor Election 1 Gavriil Popov 12 June 1991 6 June 1992 Democratic Russia Yury Luzhkov 19912Yury Luzhkov 6 June 1992 28 September 2010Independent → Fatherland → United Russiavacancy – Valery Shantsev(1996–2005)1996199920032007position abolished — Vladimir Resin28 September 201021 October 2010 United Russia 3 Sergei Sobyanin 21 October 2010 5 June 2013United Russia 2010 —5 June 201312 September 2013 (3) 12 September 2013 Incumbent 201320182023
Previous heads of Moscow government
Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)
Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in 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 2 September 1961 13 Nikolai Dygai 2 September 1961 6 March 1963 14 Vladimir Promyslov 11 March 1963 December 1985 15 Valery Saykin 3 January 1986 14 April 1990 16 Yury Luzhkov 26 April 1990 2 July 1991
Timeline
Latest election
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Candidate ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Party ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sergey Sobyanin | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| United Russia | | 76.85 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Leonid Zyuganov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Communist Party | | 8.16 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boris Chernyshov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Liberal Democratic Party | | 5.65 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Vladislav Davankov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| New People | | 5.38 |- | style="background-color:;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dmitry Gusev | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| A Just Russia | | 3.96 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Total | |100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Valid votes | | 99.40 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Invalid/blank votes | | 0.60 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Registered voters/turnout | | 42.89 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" colspan="6"| Official results published by the Moscow City Electoral Commission
See also Governor of Saint Petersburg Governor of Sevastopol (Russia) Government of Moscow Moscow City Police
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References
External links Official Website