The mayor is elected for the term of four years.[2] Current mayorVitali Klitschko was sworn in on 5 June 2014.[1] Klitschko was last reelected in the2020 Kyiv local election with 50.52% of the votes, in the first round of the election.[3]
As of December 2006, Chernovetskyi's rating had decreased to 8%.[citation needed] This was mostly due to his betrayal of those who elected him, most notably through his increasing of the price of household services (such as water and gas) by 340%.[citation needed]
However, Chernovetskyi won a second term as Mayor of Kyiv with 38% of the vote in the 25 May 2008snap local election, called by theVerkhovna Rada in March.[6] From the resignation of Chernovetskyi[7][8][9][10] in July 2012 until fresh elections in 2014, Kyiv City Council Secretary and Deputy MayorHalyna Hereha was the acting Mayor of Kyiv.[11][12][13][14]
The2015 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2015.[17] A second round of mayoral elections was held on 15 November 2015 between Klitschko andBoryslav Bereza after incumbent Mayor Klitschko scored 40.5% of the vote and Bereza 8.8% in the first round.[18][19] Klitschko won the second round with 66.5%; Bereza gained 33.51% of the votes.[20]
The2020 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2020.[21] Incumbent Mayor Klitschko won the election with 50.52% of the votes, in the first round of the election. None of the other candidates had more than 10% of the vote.[3]
An October 2010Presidential decree relieved then-mayor of KyivLeonid Chernovetskyi of the office ofHead of Kyiv City Administration, while still preserving the post of mayor.[22] This led to Chernovetskyi being deprived of his official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to the Head of Kyiv City Administration.[10][23][24] At the time that wasOleksandr Popov, who was appointed by PresidentViktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010.[10][23][24] Before these amendments, the elected mayor of theKyiv City Council was automatically appointed also as head of the Kyiv City Administration.[22][25]
Chernovetskyi was not seen in Kyiv for several months after Popov's appointment,[10][26] but returned to the public eye in early 2011.[27][22] By that time, Chernovetskyi had become extremely unpopular among the residents of Kyiv.[28]
Chernovetskyi tendered his resignation on 1 June 2012.[29] The city council decided on 12 July 2012 thatHalyna Hereha would temporarily act as the mayor of the capital city.[29] A petition to theUkrainian Parliament on holding an early mayoral election in the city was sent (the dates of the early mayoral elections are set by Ukraine's parliament).[29] New elections were held in 2014;Vitali Klitschko was elected as mayor of Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes.[15][30]
After 25 June 2014 the post of mayor of Kyiv and Head of Kyiv City Administration were being held by a single person again[31] afterVitali Klitschko, who had been sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014,[1] was appointed Head of Kyiv City Administration byUkrainian PresidentPetro Poroshenko.[31] However, on 1 March 2022, during theRussian invasion of Ukraine, presidentVolodymyr Zelensky introduced amilitary administration in Kyiv, appointingmajor general Mykola Zhyrnov as wartime head of the city authority.[32] On 21 October 2022 Zhyrnov was replaced on his post by colonel generalSerhiy Popko. Mayor Klitschko continues to execute his functions as head of Kyiv's civilian authority and is also part of the city's Defense Council.[33]
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kyiv. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.
1500 – 1835Vogt of the city of Kyiv, official title was "Vijt" (Ukrainian:Війт) which is an adaptation of the Polish "Wojt"
Vogt was in charge of citymagistrate. After thepartition of Poland the post was transformed and the magistrate became a city court. In 1831 theMagdeburg town rights were abolished in theRussian Empire, except for Kyiv where they were discontinued in 1835 following a transitional period that began in 1781.
1835 – 1919 Head of the city of Kyiv (Russian Empire)
1919 – 1941 and 1943 - 1991 Chairperson of the Kyiv City Council (Soviet Union)
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