The

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of Sevastopol (russian: Губернатор Севастополя; uk, Губернатор Севастополя) is head of the executive branch of the political system in the city of

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. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sevastopol. The governor's office is located on Lenin Street. It has jurisdiction over all districts of Sevastopol. The governor appoints many officials, including Directors who head city departments, and his or her deputy governors. Prior to the annexation of Sevastopol by

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in 2014, the city administrator was called the Chairman of Sevastopol City State Administration, and often referred to as the Mayor of Sevastopol. During this period in which Sevastopol functioned as a city with special status within

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, the city administrator was appointed by the

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.Contemporary Ukraine: Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation
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, M.E. Sharpe, 1998, (page 44) Since the Russian annexation in 2014, the status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Russia, with Sevastopol functioning as a

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within the

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.Ukraine crisis timeline

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UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity
, China Central Television (28 March 2014)

List of governors since 2014

Heads of the city in previous eras

Russian Empire (–1917)

War/Military governors

Gradonachalnik (Chiefs of the City Municipality)

Revolution and Civil War (1917–1920)

* March–July 1917: Sergey Nikonov (as city's commissar under the

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, S-R) * August 1917 – February 1918: Sergey Nikonov (as mayor) * December 1917 – April 1918: Yuriy Gaven (as head of military

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) * May–June 1918: Sergey Nikonov (as mayor) * September 1919 – February 1920: Vladimir Subbotin (under the

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) * April–May 1920:

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(under the Whites) * from November 1920: Aleksei Baranov (as

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commandant)

Soviet Russia (1920–1954)

First Secretaries of the City Committee of the
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Chairmen of the City Executive Committee

Burgermeister (under
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occupation)

* July–August 1942: Nikolay MadatovPolitical Crimea
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Soviet and Independent Ukrainian period (1954–2014)

References

External links

Sevastopol City Council // Official Website

Sevastopol City's Executive committeeSevastopol City Police // Official Website
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Government of Sevastopol