| Mayor of Moscow | |
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| Style | His Excellency Mr. Mayor |
| Seat | Moscow City Hall Building |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Gavriil Popov |
| Formation | 12 June 1991 |
| Website | Office of the Mayor |
The Mayor of Moscow (Russian: Мэр Москвы, romanized: 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.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.2
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.3 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.4 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)
| No. | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Party | Vice Mayor | Election | ||
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| 1 | 
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Gavriil Popov | 12 June 1991 | 6 June 1992 | Democratic Russia | Yury Luzhkov | 1991 | |
| 2 | 
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Yury Luzhkov | 6 June 1992 | 28 September 20105 | Independent → Fatherland → United Russia |
vacancy | –a | |
| Valery Shantsev (1996–2005) |
1996 1999 2003 2007b | |||||||
| position abolishedc | ||||||||
| — | 
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Vladimir Resin | 28 September 2010 | 21 October 2010 | United Russia | Acting | ||
| 3 | 
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Sergei Sobyanin | 21 October 2010 | 5 June 2013 | United Russia | 2010b | ||
| — | 5 June 20138 | 12 September 2013 | Acting | |||||
| (3) | 12 September 20139 | Incumbent | 2013 2018 2023 | |||||
Previous heads of Moscow government
Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
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| 1 | 
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Viktor Nogin | September 1917 | November 1917 | Communist Party |
| 2 | 
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Mikhail Pokrovsky | November 1917 | March 1918 | |
| 3 | 
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Pyotr Smidovich | March 1918 | October 1918 | |
| 4 | 
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Lev Kamenev | October 1918 | 16 January 1926 | |
| 5 | 
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Konstantin Ukhanov | 16 January 1926 | 1931 | |
| 6 | 
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Nikolai Bulganin | 1931 | 22 July 1937 | |
| 7 | 
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Ivan Sidorov | 22 July 1937 | 3 November 1938 | |
| 8 | 
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Alexander Yefremov | 3 November 1938 | 14 April 1939 | |
| 9 | 
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Vasily Pronin | 14 April 1939 | 7 December 1944 | |
| 10 | 
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Georgy Popov | 7 December 1944 | 18 January 1950 | |
| 11 |
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Mikhail Yasnov | 18 January 1950 | 2 February 1956 | |
| 12 |
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Nikolai Bobrovnikov | 2 February 1956 | 2 September 1961 | |
| 13 |
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Nikolai Dygai | 2 September 1961 | 6 March 1963 | |
| 14 | 
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Vladimir Promyslov | 11 March 1963 | December 1985 | |
| 15 | 
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Valery Saykin | 3 January 1986 | 14 April 1990 | |
| 16 | 
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Yury Luzhkov | 26 April 199010 | 2 July 199111 |
Timeline
Latest election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Sobyanin | United Russia | 2,491,327 | 76.85 | ||
| Leonid Zyuganov | Communist Party | 264,644 | 8.16 | ||
| Boris Chernyshov | Liberal Democratic Party | 183,132 | 5.65 | ||
| Vladislav Davankov | New People | 174,286 | 5.38 | ||
| Dmitry Gusev | A Just Russia | 128,306 | 3.96 | ||
| Total | 3,241,695 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,241,695 | 99.40 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,718 | 0.60 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,604,055 | 42.89 | |||
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Official results published by the Moscow City Electoral Commission 12 | |||||
See also
See also
Notes
Notes
- Succeeded as vice mayor
- Appointed by the President of Russia with the consent of the Moscow City Duma.
- Vice mayor ceased to be an elected office in 20036 and was abolished in 2005 after Valery Shantsev resigned.7
References
References
- Constitution of the Russian Federation, 65-1
- "Устав города Москвы (утв. Московской городской Думой 28 июня 1995 г.) / Глава 1. Основные положения (ст.ст. 1 - 10)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- Цыбульский, Владимир (January 24, 2013). Синдром отмены (in Russian). Lenta.ru. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
- "Russia's Medvedev Proposes Direct Elections Of Governors".
- Alexandra Odynova (September 29, 2010). "Luzhkov Fired Over 'Loss of Confidence'". The Moscow Times.
- "Вице-мэр Москвы будет назначаться указом градоначальника" [Vice mayor of Moscow to be appointed by mayor's decree]. Moscow City Duma (in Russian). July 9, 2003. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
- "У Москвы больше не будет вице-мэра" [Moscow will no longer have a vice mayor]. newsru.com (in Russian). October 31, 2005.
- "Подписан Указ о досрочном прекращении полномочий мэра Москвы" [Decree on early termination of powers of the Mayor of Moscow was signed]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). June 5, 2013.
- "Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы" [Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). September 12, 2013.
- "Исполком Моссовета: новая голова - старая шея". Kommersant (in Russian). No. 16. April 30, 1990. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
- "06126". www.knowbysight.info. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- "Данные о предварительных итогах голосования. Выборы Мэра Москвы". Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2023.