{{Short description|Highest-ranking official in Moscow, Russia}} {{Redirect|Governor of Moscow|heads of the federal subject before 1991|List of heads of Moscow government}} {{Distinguish|Governor of Moscow Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox Political post | post = Mayor | body = Moscow | insignia = Coat of arms of Moscow.svg | insigniasize = 110px | insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Moscow | image = Sergey Sobyanin official portrait.jpg | imagesize = 165px | incumbent = Sergei Sobyanin | incumbentsince = 21 October 2010 | style = His Excellency<br />Mr. Mayor | seat = Moscow City Hall Building | appointer = Popular vote | termlength = 5 years | formation = 12 June 1991 | succession = | inaugural = Gavriil Popov | website = [http://mos.ru/ Office of the Mayor] | footnotes = | flag = Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg | flagsize = 150px | flagcaption = Flag of the City of Moscow }} [[File:Tverskaya13 Moscow 06-2015.jpg|thumb|right|Moscow City Hall Building, the residence of the Mayor of Moscow (13 Tverskaya Street). Former Moscow Governor General House and Mossoviet building.]] [[File:2010 inauguration of Sobyanin 01.jpg|thumb|right|Sobyanin with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in his inaugural ceremony, at the Moscow City Hall Building. October 2010]]

The '''Mayor of Moscow''' ({{langx|ru|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.<ref>Constitution of the Russian Federation, 65-1</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://constitution.garant.ru/region/ustav_moskv/chapter/1/#block_5|title=Устав города Москвы (утв. Московской городской Думой 28 июня 1995 г.) / Глава 1. Основные положения (ст.ст. 1 - 10)|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122081751/http://constitution.garant.ru/region/ustav_moskv/chapter/1/#block_5|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sergei Sobyanin, the incumbent Mayor of Moscow, was re-elected for a new term in 2018 and then in 2023.

==Responsibilities== {{See also|Government of Moscow|Charter of the city of Moscow}} 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== {{See also|Elections in Russia#Regional 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lenta.ru/articles/2013/01/24/gouverneurs/|script-title=ru:Синдром отмены|last=Цыбульский|first=Владимир|date=24 January 2013|publisher=Lenta.ru|language=ru|access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia_direct_election_regional_governors/24453264.html |title=Russia's Medvedev Proposes Direct Elections Of Governors}}</ref> 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=== {{See also|2023 Moscow mayoral election}}

Sergei Sobyanin was re-elected for a new term in 2023.

==Mayors of Moscow (1991–present)== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan=3|Mayor ! Took office ! Left office ! Party ! Vice Mayor ! Election |- ! 1 | 80px | style="background:skyblue"| | '''Gavriil Popov''' | 12 June 1991 | 6 June 1992 | Democratic Russia | Yury Luzhkov | 1991 |- ! rowspan=3|2 | rowspan=3|80px | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"| | rowspan=3|'''Yury Luzhkov''' | rowspan=3| 6 June 1992 | rowspan=3| 28 September 2010<ref>{{cite web |author1=Alexandra Odynova |title=Luzhkov Fired Over 'Loss of Confidence' |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/archive/luzhkov-fired-over-loss-of-confidence |website=The Moscow Times |date=29 September 2010}}</ref> | rowspan=3|Independent&nbsp;→ <br>Fatherland&nbsp;→ <br>United Russia | style="background:#EAEAEA;"|''vacancy'' | –{{efn|Succeeded as vice mayor}} |- | style="background:{{party color|Fatherland (Russia)}}"| | Valery Shantsev<br>(1996–2005) | rowspan=2|1996<br>1999<br>2003<br>''2007''{{efn|name=a|Appointed by the President of Russia with the consent of the Moscow City Duma.}} |- | style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}"| | rowspan=5; style="background:#EAEAEA;"|''position abolished''{{efn|Vice mayor ceased to be an elected office in 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Вице-мэр Москвы будет назначаться указом градоначальника |trans-title=Vice mayor of Moscow to be appointed by mayor's decree |url=https://duma.mos.ru/ru/37/news/novosti/vitse-mer-moskvyi-budet-naznachatsya-ukazom-gradonachalnika |website=Moscow City Duma |access-date=30 April 2026 |language=ru |date=9 July 2003}}</ref> and was abolished in 2005 after Valery Shantsev resigned.<ref>{{cite web |title=У Москвы больше не будет вице-мэра |trans-title=Moscow will no longer have a vice mayor |url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/31Oct2005/vicemer.html |website=newsru.com |language=ru |date=31 October 2005}}</ref>}} |- ! — | 80px | style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}"| | '''Vladimir Resin''' | style="background:#E6E6AA"|28 September 2010 | style="background:#E6E6AA"|21 October 2010 | United Russia | {{small|Acting}} |- ! 3 | rowspan=3|80px | rowspan=3; style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}"| | rowspan=3|'''Sergei Sobyanin''' | 21 October 2010 | 5 June 2013 | rowspan=3|United Russia | ''2010''{{efn|name=a}} |- ! — | style="background:#E6E6AA"|5 June 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/18265|title=Подписан Указ о досрочном прекращении полномочий мэра Москвы|trans-title=Decree on early termination of powers of the Mayor of Moscow was signed|language=ru|website=kremlin.ru|date=2013-06-05}}</ref> | style="background:#E6E6AA"|12 September 2013 | {{small|Acting}} |- ! rowspan="3" |(3) | 12 September 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20130912/962777561.html|title=Собянин официально вступил в должность мэра Москвы|trans-title=Sobyanin officially took office as mayor of Moscow|language=ru|website=RIA Novosti|date=2013-09-12}}</ref> | ''Incumbent'' | 2013<br>2018<br>2023 |}

==Previous heads of Moscow government== {{main|List of heads of Moscow government}}

===Chairmen of the Executive Committee (1917–1991)=== {{Further|Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Portrait ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 1 | 80px | Viktor Nogin | September 1917 | November 1917 | rowspan="16" | Communist Party |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 2 | 80px | Mikhail Pokrovsky | November 1917 | March 1918 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 3 | 80px | Pyotr Smidovich | March 1918 | October 1918 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 4 | 80px | Lev Kamenev | October 1918 | 16 January 1926 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 5 | 80px | Konstantin Ukhanov | 16 January 1926 | 1931 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 6 | 80px | Nikolai Bulganin | 1931 | 22 July 1937 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 7 | 80px | Ivan Sidorov | 22 July 1937 | 3 November 1938 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 8 | 80px | Alexander Yefremov | 3 November 1938 | 14 April 1939 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 9 | 80px | Vasily Pronin | 14 April 1939 | 7 December 1944 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 10 | 80px | Georgy Popov | 7 December 1944 | 18 January 1950 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 11 | 80px | Mikhail Yasnov | 18 January 1950 | 2 February 1956 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 12 | 80px | Nikolai Bobrovnikov | 2 February 1956 | 2 September 1961 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 13 | 80px | Nikolai Dygai | 2 September 1961 | 6 March 1963 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 14 | 80px | Vladimir Promyslov | 11 March 1963 | December 1985 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 15 | 80px | Valery Saykin | 3 January 1986 | 14 April 1990 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}; color:white;"| 16 | 80px | Yury Luzhkov | 26 April 1990<ref>{{cite news |title=Исполком Моссовета: новая голова - старая шея |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/266181 |access-date=30 April 2026 |work=Kommersant |issue=16 |date=30 April 1990 |language=ru}}</ref> | 2 July 1991<ref>{{Cite web |title=06126 |url=http://www.knowbysight.info/1_RSFSR/06126.asp |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=www.knowbysight.info}}</ref> |}

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==Latest election== {{main|2023 Moscow mayoral election}}

{{election table|title=Summary of the 10 September 2023 Moscow mayoral election results}} |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Candidate ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Party ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% |- | style="background-color:{{party color|United Russia}};"| | style="text-align:left;"| '''Sergey Sobyanin''' | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| '''United Russia''' | '''{{formatnum:2491327}}''' | '''76.85''' |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}};"| | style="text-align:left;"| Leonid Zyuganov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Communist Party | {{formatnum:264644}} | 8.16 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party of Russia}};"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boris Chernyshov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Liberal Democratic Party | {{formatnum:183132}} | 5.65 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|New People (political party)}};"| | style="text-align:left;"| Vladislav Davankov | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| New People | {{formatnum:174286}} | 5.38 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|A Just Russia}};"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dmitry Gusev | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| A Just Russia | {{formatnum:128306}} | 3.96 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Total | {{formatnum:3241695}} |100.00 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Valid votes | {{formatnum:3241695}} | 99.40 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Invalid/blank votes | {{formatnum:19718}} | 0.60 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"| Registered voters/turnout | {{formatnum:7604055}} | 42.89 |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" colspan="6"| |- | style="text-align:left;font-size:90%;" colspan="6"| Official results published by the Moscow City Electoral Commission <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moscow_city.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/moscow_city?action=show&root=1&tvd=27720002197406&vrn=27720002197402&region=77&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=27720002197406&type=234 |title=Данные о предварительных итогах голосования. Выборы Мэра Москвы |access-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002551/http://www.moscow_city.vybory.izbirkom.ru/region/region/moscow_city?action=show&root=1&tvd=27720002197406&vrn=27720002197402&region=77&global=&sub_region=0&prver=0&pronetvd=null&vibid=27720002197406&type=234 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |}

==See also== *Governor of Saint Petersburg *Governor of Sevastopol (Russia) *Government of Moscow *Moscow City Police

==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://mos.ru/ Official Website] {{Mayors of Moscow}} {{Governors of federal subjects of Russia}} {{Moscow elections}} {{Authority control}}

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