The Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod is head of the executive branch of the political system in Nizhny Novgorod, the Administration of Nizhny Novgorod. Since May 6, 2020 the position is occupied by Yury Shalabayev.
The mayor is not elected by popular vote, but appointed as a result of the closed vote of city council deputies.
From 1991 to 2010, there was a single-headed system of legislative and executive power. From 2010 to 2017, city government was divided between two positions - the head of the city, who led the City Duma, and the head of the city administration (city manager).
On October 26, 2017, a law was approved to return the one-head system, in which the mayor of the city is also vested with the powers of the head of administration. In December 2017, a return to this management system began. The post of Chairman of the City Duma, abolished in 2010, was restored.
There are no direct elections for the mayor of the city. He is appointed by the decision of the City Duma, during a closed vote of deputies.
During the Russian Tsardom, the position of mayor was called zemsky headman. One of the most famous was Kuzma Minin during the Time of Troubles.
Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1785 YearsMayor1786—1788Ivan Bryzgalov1789—1791Ivan Yurin1792—1794Semyon Loshkarev1795—1797Alexey Borodin1798—1800Ivan Kostromin1801—1803Nikolai Khalezov1804—1806Ivan Bryzgalov1807Alexey Borodin1808—1809Semyon Loshkarev1810—1812Pyotr Kamenev1813—1815Mikhail Yesyrev1816—1818Fedor Pereplyotchikov1819—1821Fedor Schukin1822—1824Ivan Pyatov1825—1827Fedor Pereplyotchikov1828—1830Mikhail Klimov1831—1833Pyotr Kosarev1834—1836Fedor Pereplyotchikov1837—1839Mikhail Klimov1840—1842Ivan Pyatov1843—1845Vasily Galkin1846—1848Semyon Pyatov1849—1851Dmitry Klimov1852—1854Vasily Michurin1855—1857Dmitry Klimov1858—1860Theophylact Pyatov1861—1863Mikhail Burmistrov1864—1866Vasily Michurin1867—1869Ivan Kvartalov
Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1870 YearsMayor1870—1878Alexey Gubin21.12.1878—19.10.1879Ivan Zurov.12.1879—26.07.1888Vasily Sobolev1888—13.04.1893Alexey Gubin
Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1892 YearsMayor1893—1896Dmitry Delvig.02.1897—1909Alexander Memorsky16.02.1909—1910Vladimir Gorinov1911—1913Ivan Bogoyavlensky1913—1917Dmitry Sirotkin1917Vladimir Ganchel
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the City Council of People's Deputies of the CPSU (1918-1991) YearsMayor1918Solomon Levit1918—1919Nikolai Kozitsky1919—1920Stepan Kuznetsov1920—1923Ter Mushek1923—1925Alexander Muralov1925—1926Grigory Amosov1927—1929Ivan Kolpakov1929—1930Klavdiya Zimina1930—1931Andrey Kolochkov1931—1934Alexei Grachev1934—1937Rodion Semyonov1937—1938Vasily Boronin1938—1941Alexander Efimov1941—1943Mikhail Sukhanov1943—1950Alexander Shulpin1950Nikolai Kochetkov1951—1967Alexei Proskurin1967—1974Alexander Sokolov1975—1985Vladimir Erekhinskiy1985—1988Yuri Marchenkov1988—1990Vladimir Bodyakshin1990—1991Omari Sharadze
Mayors of the city in Russian Federation
Mayor Party Term Notes1Unaffiliated26 December 1991 — 29 March 1994Dismissed by president YeltsinPresidential Decree No. 598 On D.I. Bednyakov, 29 March 19942Ivan SklyarovNo data1 April 1994 — June 1997Became 2nd Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (13 July 1997 – 5 August 2001)—UnaffiliatedJune 1997 — 29 March 1998Acting mayor—CPSU29 March 1998 — 10 October 1998Acting mayor3No data10 October 1998 — 29 September 20024Vadim BulavinovUnited Russia29 September 2002 — 25 October 2010Last mayor to be elected by popular voteIn 2010–2017, the city administration was divided between two positions: the Head of the city (mayor), who was in charge of the City Duma, and the Head of the city administration (city manager).5Oleg SorokinUnited Russia25 October 2010 — 7 October 2015Was arrested in December 2017 for large bribery and sentenced for 10 years on 7 March 2019 6Ivan KarnilinUnited Russia7 October 2015 — 24 May 20177Elizaveta SolonchenkoUnited Russia21 June 2017Elizaveta Solonchenko elected head of Nizhny Novgorod — 20 December 2017 Arrested in absentia on 29 May 2020 for bribery. Now lives in Great BritainOn 26 October 2017, a law was approved on the return of the "one-headed" system, in which the mayor chairs the city administration.8Vladimir PanovUnited Russia17 January 2018 — 6 May 2020Voluntary resigned—Yury ShalabayevUnited Russia6 May 2020 — 28 October 2020Acting mayor928 October 2020 — incumbent
Head of the city administration (2010 – 2017) Mayor Party Term Notes1 United Russia3 December 2010 — 22 July 2015 Arrested in absentia for bribery in 2019. Now lives in USA3Andrey ChertkovUnited Russia22 July 2015 — 23 December 2015Acting head2United Russia24 December 2015 — 18 October 20174United Russia18 October 2017 — 17 January 2017Acting head
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