The Mayor of Moscow (russian: Мэр Москвы, 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 Charter of the City of Moscow (russian: Устав города Москвы) is the basic law of the federal city and capital of Russia, Moscow. In the hierarchy of normative acts of the city, the charter has supreme legal force: other city laws an ...

. Sergey Sobyanin, the incumbent Mayor of Moscow, was re-elected for a new term in 2018.

Responsibilities

The separate office of the ''Premier of the Government of Moscow'' existed in 1991-2001 (

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was the only officeholder), but it was merged with the office of Mayor of Moscow.

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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 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 suggested a law to abolish direct elections of governors, the Moscow mayor, and presidents of Russian regions. The law was swiftly adopted by the parliament. The new legislation moved the

election system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...

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 which followed the 2011 parliamentary election, President

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offered to re-introduce the direct elections of the governors and the mayor of Moscow, and corresponding legislation was approved by the Parliament. In the 2013 mayoral election, for the first time in 10 years, mayor was chosen by a popular vote. A candidate to the office must be citizen of the Russian Federation over the age of 30. Candidates can be nominated both by

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and as self-nomination. In any case, candidates must pass the "municipal filter" (collection of signatures of municipal deputies).

Latest election

Sergey Sobyanin was re-elected for a new term in 2018.

Mayors of Moscow (1991–present)

Previous heads of Moscow government

Chairpersons of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Government of Moscow Moscow Moscow 1991 establishments in Russia