The following is a list of the mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration, covering the period from 1786 to the present day. Originally the city was known as Yekaterinoslav. Dnipro is Ukraine's third largest city with over a million inhabitants, and is a major industrial and financial centre.
The position was established sometime in 1786 when the city merchant Ivan Shevelyov was elected the first head of the city. Since 1999 the city's chief administration position (city mayor) is elected by popular vote and officially known as Head of the city.
Name of the position 1786 - 1917 Head of the city 1917 - 1941 unknown (either Head of the city's council or executive committee) 1943 - 1998 Head of the city's executive committee (according to the city's web portal) 1999 - present Head of the city (City mayor)
Russian Empire Yekaterinoslav List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administrationgorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Кто возглавлял город, 1786-2010 [About the city - names of the heads of the city administration, 1786-2010]gorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Всі губернатори краю, 1796-2010 [All governors of the region, 1796-2010] Date Name in English Name Post Jun 1786–1787 Ivan Shevelev Шевелев Иван mayor 1791–1794 Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович mayor 1794–1796 Peter Ivanovich Bashmakov Башмаков Петр Иванович mayor
Novorossiysk List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administrationgorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Кто возглавлял город, 1786-2010 [About the city - names of the heads of the city administration, 1786-2010]gorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Всі губернатори краю, 1796-2010 [All governors of the region, 1796-2010] Date Name in English Name Post 1796–1797 Gregory Kustov Кустов Григорий mayor 1797–1800 Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович mayor 1800–1803 Kuzma Molchanov Молчанов Кузьма mayor
Yekaterinoslav List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administrationgorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Кто возглавлял город, 1786-2010 [About the city - names of the heads of the city administration, 1786-2010]gorod.dp.ua О ГОРОДЕ, Всі губернатори краю, 1796-2010 [All governors of the region, 1796-2010] Date Name in English Name Post 1803–1806 Peter Chetverikov Четвериков Петр mayor 1806–1809 Athanasius Kokhanov Коханов Афанасий mayor 1809–1811 Stephan Chetverikov Четвериков Степан mayor 1811–1812 Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович mayor 1812–1817 Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov Колесников Иван Васильевич mayor 1818–1821 Demian Kiselev Киселев Демьян mayor 1821–1825 Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov Колесников Иван Васильевич mayor 1825–1828 Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin Рохлин Яков Андреевич mayor Jan 1828 – Apr 1828 Ivan Stepanovich Pcholkin Пчелкин Иван Степанович mayor Apr 1828 – Sep 1828 Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov Колесников Иван Васильевич mayor 1830–1833 Fedor Safronovich Duplenko Дупленко Федор Сафронович mayor 1833–1834 Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin Рохлин Яков Андреевич mayor 1834–1836 Andrei Ivanovich Kirpishnikov Кирпишников Андрей Иванович mayor 1836–1839 Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin Рохлин Яков Андреевич mayor 1839–1842 Ivan Timothyvich Artamonov Артамонов Иван Тимофеевич mayor 1842–1843 Ilya Ivanovich Tarkhov Тархов Илья Иванович mayor 1843–1846 Thomas Fedorovich Bogdanov Богданов Фома Федорович mayor 1846–1847 Procopius Andreivich Belyavskii Белявский Прокопий Андреевич acting mayor 1847–1851 Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin Ловягин Иван Изотович mayor Apr 1851–1854 Procopius Andreivich Belyavskii Белявский Прокопий Андреевич mayor 1854–1860 Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin Ловягин Иван Изотович mayor 1860–1861 Yegor Ptitsyn Птицын Егор acting mayor Nov 1861–1864 Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin Ловягин Иван Изотович mayor 1864–1864 Dei Mikhailovich Minakov Минаков Дей Михайлович acting mayor 1864–1865 Konstantin Demyanovich Kiselev Киселев Константин Демьянович mayor 1865–1868 Dei Mikhailovich Minakov Минаков Дей Михайлович mayor 1868–1871 DV Pcholkin Пчелкин Д. В. mayor 1871–1877 Dei Mikhailovich Minakov Минаков Дей Михайлович mayor 1877–1885 Peter Vasilievich Kalabuhov Калабухов Петр Васильевич mayor 1885–1888 Ivan Mikhailovich Yakovlev Яковлев Иван Михайлович mayor 7 Feb 1889–1893 Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov Толстиков Александр Яковлевич mayor 1893–1901 Ivan Gavrilovic Grekov Греков Иван Гаврилович mayor 1901–1901 Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov Толстиков Александр Яковлевич mayor 1901–1902 Peter Filippovich Volkov Волков Петр Филиппович acting mayor 1902 – Nov 1905 Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov Толстиков Александр Яковлевич mayor Nov 1905 – 26 Nov 1909 Ivan Yakovlevich Esau Эзау Иван Яковлевич mayor 1909 – 17 Mar 1917 Ivan Vasilievich Sposobny Способный Иван Васильевич mayor
Ukraine (Ukrainian People's Republic) List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration Date Name in English Name Post 1917–1917 Kostyantyn Ihorevych Makarenko Макаренко Константин Игорьевич acting mayor Aug 1917–1917 Vasyl Ivanovych Osypov Осипов Василий Иванович mayor 1918 – 1 Feb 1919 Ivan Yakovych Ezau Эзау Иван Яковлевич mayor
Ukrainian SSR Dnepropetrovsk / Dnipropetrovsk List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration Date Name in English Name Post 1927–1928 Fedor Fedorovich Ryazanov Рязанов Фёдор Фёдорович chief of municipal executive committee 1929–1929 Bogdanova Богданова Анна Ефимовна chief of municipal executive committee 1929–1933 Pavel Sorokin Сорокин Павел Дмитриевич head of the municipal council (soviet) 1930–1932 Fedor Ivanovich Zaitsev Зайцев Федор Иванович first secretary of the city party committee 1933–1933 Kisilev Кисилев head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1933–1933 Nikolai Vasilievich Golubenko Голубенко Николай Васильевич head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1933–1936 Ivan Andreevich Gavrilov Гаврилов Иван Андреевич head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1934–1934 Miroshnichenko Мирошниченко head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1935–1935 Belyaev Беляев head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1935–1936 Rudenko Руденко head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee Dec 1936 – Jul 1937 Peter Constantinovich Vetrov Ветров Петр Константинович municipal party committee secretary 1937–1937 Petrichenko Петриченко head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee Nov 1937 – 24 Feb 1938 Demian Sergeivich Korotchenko Коротченко Демьян Сергеевич acting first secretary of the municipal committee CP 24 Feb 1938 – Jun 1938 Semen Borisovich Zadionchenko Задионченко Семен Борисович acting first secretary of the municipal committee CP Jun 1938 – Jul 1941 Semen Borisovich Zadionchenko Задионченко Семен Борисович first secretary of the urban committee CP 1938–1938 Khrenov Хренов head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee 1939–1939 Martynov Мартынов head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee Dec 1939 – Jul 1941 Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Щелоков Николай Анисимович chief of municipal executive committee 1941–1942 Rudolf Klostermann Клостерман Рудольф commissioner of the city on behalf of the Third Reich 1941–1943 PT Sokolovsky Соколовский П. Т. head of city council 1943–1945 Didenko Gavrilovich Manzyuk Манзюк Николай Гаврилович first secretary of the city party committee 1943–1944 GP Vinnik Винник Г. П. chief of municipal executive committee 1944–1945 Gerasimov Герасимов chief of municipal executive committee 1945–1947 Pavel Andreevich Naydenov Найденов Павел Андреевич first secretary of the urban committee CP 1945–1952 Nikolai Evstafevich Gavrilenko Гавриленко Николай Евстафьевич chief of municipal executive committee 1947–1950 Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Брежнев Леонид Ильич first secretary of the urban committee CP 1952–1957 Nikolai Andreevich Raspopov Распопов Николай Андреевич chief of municipal executive committee 1957–1963 Nikolai Evstafevich Gavrilenko Гавриленко Николай Евстафьевич chief of municipal executive committee 1961–1964 Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov Чебриков Виктор Михайлович first secretary of the city party committee 1963–1964 Grigory Mikhailovich Sokurenko Сокуренко Григорий Михайлович chief of municipal executive committee 1964–1967 Boris Ivanovich Karmazin Кармазин Борис Иванович chief of municipal executive committee 1964–1970 Ivan Vasilievich Yatsuba Яцуба Иван Васильевич first secretary of the city party committee 1967–1970 Eugene Viktorovich Kachalovskaya Качаловский Евгений Викторович chief of municipal executive committee 1970–1974 Eugene Viktorovich Kachalovskaya Качаловский Евгений Викторович first secretary of the city party committee 1970–1974 Victor Grigorievich Boyko Бойко Виктор Григорьевич chief of municipal executive committee 1974–1976 Victor Grigorievich Boyko Бойко Виктор Григорьевич first secretary of the city party committee 1974–1981 Ivan Afanasievich Lyakh Лях Иван Афанасьевич chief of municipal executive committee 1976–1983 Vladimir Petrovich Oshko Ошко Владимир Петрович first secretary of the city party committee 1981–1989 Alexander Vasilivich Migdeev Мигдеев Александр Васильевич chief of municipal executive committee 1983–1988 Nikolai Grigorievich Omelchenko Омельченко Николай Григорьевич first secretary of the city party committee Dec 1988–1991 Vladimir Grigorievich Yatsuba Яцуба Владимир Григорьевич first secretary of the city party committee Oct 1989 – Mar 1991 Pustovoitenko, Valery Pavlovich Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович chief of municipal executive committee Oct 1990–1991 Vladimir Grigorievich Yatsuba Яцуба Владимир Григорьевич head of city council
Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration Date Name in English Name Post Mar 1991 – Apr 1993 Valery Pavlovych Pustovoitenko Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович head of city council 1991–1993 Valery Pavlovych Pustovoitenko Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович chief of municipal executive committee Apr 1993 – Jun 1994 Victor Timofiyovych Merkushov Меркушов Виктор Тимофеевич head of the committee and city council Jun 1994 – Oct 1999 Mykola Antonovych Shvets Швец Николай Антонович head of the committee and city council Apr 1999 – Jan 2000 Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko Short bio, LIGA Куличенко Иван Иванович acting mayor Jan 2000 – Oct 2014 Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko Dnipropetrovsk mayor resigned , Ukrinform (21 November 2014) Куличенко Иван Иванович mayor Oct 2014 – Mar 2015 Maksym RomanenkoThe Dnipropetrovsk city council removed acting mayor Maksym Romanenko. "Fakty I Komentarii". 4 March 2015 Максима Романенко acting mayor Mar 2015 – Nov 2015 Halyna BulavkaThe Dnipropetrovsk city council removed acting mayor Maksym Romanenko. "Fakty I Komentarii". 4 March 2015 Галина Булавка acting mayor Nov 2015 – 2016 Borys Albertovich FilatovBorys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission, Ukrinform (18 November 2015) Філатов Борис Альбертович mayor
Dnipro List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration Date Name in English Name Post 2016 – present Borys Albertovich FilatovBorys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission, Ukrinform (18 November 2015) Філатов Борис Альбертович mayor
See also Dnipro history History of Dnipro city (in German)
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