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The Head of Kyiv City (Ukrainian: Київський міський голова, romanized: Kyivskyi miskyi holova), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Мер Києва, romanized: Mer Kyieva), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the Kyiv city state administration (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Council.
Vasyl Nesterenko, 1992-1994 (head of city council) Leonid Kosakivsky, 1994-1998 (head of city council, in 1997-1998 - mayor) Oleksandr Omelchenko, 1998-2006 (head of city council in 1998-1999, mayor since 1999) Leonid Chernovetskyi, 2006-2012; Halyna Hereha, 2012-2014 (acting) Vitali Klitschko, 2014-
UDAR won 30 Kyiv City Council seats out of 120 in the 2020 Kyiv local election with 19.98% of votes, finishing second behind European Solidarity (20.52% of votes; 31 seats). [155] As of 23 June 2024, Klitschko is the longest-serving Mayor of Kyiv since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991 , having served for over 10 years, and the only ...
Kyiv is a "city with special status" (Ukrainian: місто зі спеціальним статусом) within Ukraine compared to the other administrative subdivisions of the country — the most significant difference is that the city is subordinated directly to the national-level branches of the Government of Ukraine, skipping the regional level authorities of Kyiv Oblast. [3]
During the 2008 Kyiv local election, Omelchenko was again a candidate for the post of Mayor of Kyiv, but he only garnered 2.53% of the vote, placing sixth behind incumbent mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi. [13] His Oleksandr Omelchenko Bloc won only 2.26% of the vote, and no seats in the Kyiv City Council. [14] [15]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian troops draw closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv's mayor is both filled with pride over his citizens' spirit and anxious about how long they can hold out.
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The Ukrainian national flag was raised outside Kyiv's City Hall for the first time on 24 July 1990. Kyiv recovered economically in the post-war years, becoming once again the third-most important city of the Soviet Union. The catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 occurred only 100 km (62 mi) north of the city ...