The Mayor of Minsk,[a] officially the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee[b] is the chief executive of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The mayor of Minsk is appointed by the President of Belarus,[2][3] and has existed in its current form since the Russian Revolution of 1917 established the Minsk Urban Executive Committee in the city. Previously, Minsk was self-governing from the granting of Magdeburg rights in 1496[4] until its integration into the Russian Empire.[5]
| Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee | |
|---|---|
| Старшыня Мінскага гарадскога выканаўчага камітэта (Belarusian) Председатель Минского городского исполнительного комитета (Russian) | |
 Coat of arms of Minsk | |
| Residence | 8 Independence Avenue, Minsk[1] |
| Appointer | Presidential appointment |
| Inaugural holder | Ivan Chodkiewicz |
| Formation | 1496 March 1917 |
| Website | minsk.gov.be (Archived) |
List of mayors (since 1917) edit
1917–1941 edit
- Boris Pozern (1917)
- Isidor Lyubimov (1917)
- Kārlis Landers (1917)
- Viktar Yarkin (1918–1919)
- Kazimierz Cichowski (1919)
- Fritz Küsse (1920–1921)
- Adolf Getner (1922–1923)
- Siarhiey Karp (1924)
- Adam Slavinskyi (1924)
- Stsiapan Yatskievich (1924–1929)
- Nichypar Aksiuchyts (1929–1930)
- Iosif Balodzka (1931–1933)
- Anton Karanieuski (1933–1934)
- Yemialian Zhukovich (1934–1937)
- Kanstantsin Budaryn (1940–1941)[6]
1941–1943 edit
- Vitaut Tumash (1941)[7]
- Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski (1942–1943)[8]
1944–1991 edit
- Kanstantsin Budaryn (1944–1945)
- Ivan Paromchyk (1945–1946)
- Kanstantsin Dluhasheuski (1946–1954)
- Vasil Sharapau (1954–1968)
- Mikhail Kovalev (1968–1977)
- Hienadz Bartashevich (1977)
- Stanislau Lukashevich (1977–1980)
- Heorhiy Tarazievich (1980–1983)
- Valiery Piachennikau (1983–1985)
- Uladzimir Mikhasiou (1985–1990)
- Mikhail Marynich (1990–1991)[6]
1991–present edit
- Alexander Gerasimenko (1991–1995)
- Vladimir Yermoshin (1995–2000)
- Mikhail Pavlov (2000–2010)
- Mikalay Ladutska (2010–2014)
- Andrey Shorats (2014–2018)
- Anatol Sivak (2018–2020)
- Uladzimir Kukharau (2020–present)[6]
Notes edit
- ^ Belarusian: Кіраўнік Мінска, romanized: Kiraunik Minska; Russian: Глава Минска, romanized: Glava Minska
- ^ Belarusian: Старшыня Мінскага гарадскога выканаўчага камітэта, romanized: Starshynia Minskaha haradskoha vykanauchaha kamiteta; Russian: Председател Минского городского исполнительного комитета, romanized: Predsedatel Minskogo gorodskogo ispolnitelnogo komiteta
References edit
- ^ "Минский городской исполнительный комитет" [Minsk Urban Executive Committee]. Minsk Urban Executive Committee (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Lukashenko appoints new Minsk mayor". Official website of the Republic of Belarus. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "New Minsk mayor appointed". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Minsk before 1917". JewishGen. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "The Relation Between Belarus and the Russian Empire". G4 Tours. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Руководители города (с 1879 года)" [City heads (since 1879)]. Minsk Urban Executive Committee (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Rein, Leonid (2011). The Kings and the Pawns: Collaboration in Byelorussia during World War II. Berghahn Books. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-84545-776-1.
- ^ Эм, Васіль Дэ (8 June 2019). "20 нечаканых фактаў пра Вацлава Іваноўскага" [20 unexpected facts about Vaclaŭ Ivanoŭski]. Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.