Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod

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.[1]

Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod
Flag of Nizhny Novgorod
Incumbent
Yury Shalabayev
since 6 May 2020
StyleHis Excellency (formal)
Mr. Mayor (informal)
ResidenceNizhny Novgorod Kremlin 5, Nizhny Novgorod
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderDmitry Bednyakov
Formation12 December 1991
SuccessionDeputy Mayor
Salary$230,000
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor

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.[2] In December 2017, a return to this management system began.[3] 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.

Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1785 edit

YearsMayor
1786—1788Ivan Bryzgalov
1789—1791Ivan Yurin
1792—1794Semyon Loshkarev
1795—1797Alexey Borodin
1798—1800Ivan Kostromin
1801—1803Nikolai Khalezov
1804—1806Ivan Bryzgalov
1807Alexey Borodin
1808—1809Semyon Loshkarev
1810—1812Pyotr Kamenev
1813—1815Mikhail Yesyrev
1816—1818Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1819—1821Fedor Schukin
1822—1824Ivan Pyatov
1825—1827Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1828—1830Mikhail Klimov
1831—1833Pyotr Kosarev
1834—1836Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1837—1839Mikhail Klimov
1840—1842Ivan Pyatov
1843—1845Vasily Galkin
1846—1848Semyon Pyatov
1849—1851Dmitry Klimov
1852—1854Vasily Michurin
1855—1857Dmitry Klimov
1858—1860Theophylact Pyatov
1861—1863Mikhail Burmistrov
1864—1866Vasily Michurin
1867—1869Ivan Kvartalov

Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1870 edit

YearsMayor
1870—1878Alexey Gubin
21.12.1878—19.10.1879Ivan Zurov
.12.1879—26.07.1888Vasily Sobolev
1888—13.04.1893Alexey Gubin

Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1892 edit

YearsMayor
1893—1896Dmitry Delvig
.02.1897—1909Alexander Memorsky
16.02.1909—1910Vladimir Gorinov
1911—1913Ivan Bogoyavlensky
1913—1917Dmitry Sirotkin
1917Vladimir Ganchel

Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the City Council of People's Deputies of the CPSU (1918-1991) edit

YearsMayor
1918Solomon Levit
1918—1919Nikolai Kozitsky
1919—1920Stepan Kuznetsov
1920—1923Ter Mushek
1923—1925Alexander Muralov
1925—1926Grigory Amosov
1927—1929Ivan Kolpakov
1929—1930Klavdiya Zimina
1930—1931Andrey Kolochkov
1931—1934Alexei Grachev
1934—1937Rodion Semyonov
1937—1938Vasily Boronin
1938—1941Alexander Efimov
1941—1943Mikhail Sukhanov
1943—1950Alexander Shulpin
1950Nikolai Kochetkov
1951—1967Alexei Proskurin
1967—1974Alexander Sokolov
1975—1985Vladimir Erekhinskiy
1985—1988Yuri Marchenkov
1988—1990Vladimir Bodyakshin
1990—1991Omari Sharadze

Mayors of the city in Russian Federation edit

House of City Duma and City Administration in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built in constructivist style
MayorParty[a]TermNotes
1 Dmitry Bednyakov [ru]Unaffiliated26 December 1991 — 29 March 1994Dismissed by president Yeltsin[4]
2 Ivan SklyarovNo data1 April 1994 — June 1997Became 2nd Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (13 July 1997 – 5 August 2001)
Vladimir GorinUnaffiliatedJune 1997 — 29 March 1998Acting mayor
Alexander Meleshkin [ru]CPSU29 March 1998 — 10 October 1998Acting mayor
3Yury Lebedev (politician) [ru]No data[b]10 October 1998 — 29 September 2002
4 Vadim BulavinovUnited Russia[c]29 September 2002 — 25 October 2010Last mayor to be elected by popular vote
In 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).
5 Oleg SorokinUnited Russia25 October 2010 — 7 October 2015Was arrested in December 2017 for large bribery and sentenced for 10 years on 7 March 2019[5]
6 Ivan KarnilinUnited Russia7 October 2015 — 24 May 2017
7 Elizaveta SolonchenkoUnited Russia21 June 2017[6] — 20 December 2017Arrested in absentia on 29 May 2020 for bribery. Now lives in Great Britain[7]
On 26 October 2017, a law was approved on the return of the "one-headed" system, in which the mayor chairs the city administration.[8]
8 Vladimir PanovUnited Russia17 January 2018[9] — 6 May 2020Voluntary resigned[10]
Yury ShalabayevUnited Russia6 May 2020 — 28 October 2020Acting mayor
928 October 2020 — incumbent

Head of the city administration (2010 – 2017) edit

MayorParty[d]TermNotes
1 Oleg Kondrashev [ru]United Russia3 December 2010 — 22 July 2015Arrested in absentia for bribery in 2019. Now lives in USA[11]
3Andrey Chertkov [ru]United Russia22 July 2015 — 23 December 2015Acting head
2Sergey Belov (politician) [ru]United Russia24 December 2015 — 18 October 2017
4 Natalia Kazachkova [ru]United Russia18 October 2017 — 17 January 2017Acting head

References edit

  1. ^ During their term
  2. ^ Now United Russia
  3. ^ Since 2004
  4. ^ During their term
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  2. ^ "В Нижнем Новгороде утвердили "одноглавную" систему управления". Российская газета (in Russian). 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ^ "Елизавета Солонченко досрочно прекратила полномочия главы Нижнего Новгорода | "НТА Приволжье" Новости Н. Новгорода". nta-pfo.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ^ Presidential Decree No. 598 On D.I. Bednyakov, 29 March 1994
  5. ^ "Приговор экс-мэру Олегу Сорокину: История преступлений, мнения экспертов, доводы защиты". nnov.kp.ru (in Russian). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  6. ^ Elizaveta Solonchenko elected head of Nizhny Novgorod
  7. ^ "Суд заочно арестовал экс-главу Нижнего Новгорода Солонченко по делу о взятке". tass.ru (in Russian). 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
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  9. ^ "State Duma deputy Vladimir Panov elected as head of Nizhny Novgorod" (in Russian). www.niann.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  10. ^ "Глава Нижнего Новгорода Владимир Панов намерен оставить свой пост" (in Russian). tass.ru. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  11. ^ "Старые взятки с кладбища" (in Russian). www.kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2022-10-16.