Mayor of Vilnius
| Mayor of Vilnius | |
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since 26 April 2023 | |
| Formation | 1990 |
| Website | [1] |
The Mayor of Vilnius, officially the Mayor of the municipality of the city of Vilnius (Lithuanian: "Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės meras") is the head of the Lithuanian municipality of the city of Vilnius.[1] The current incumbent is Valdas Benkunskas,[2][3] following the 2023 Vilnius mayor elections.
Overview
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The legislative and local executive powers are exercised by the municipality council (Lithuanian: savivaldybės taryba) and the directly elected mayor.
The mayor is both a member and the chairman of the municipality's council. The mayor also proposes candidates to his deputies, the director of municipality administration, and the director's deputies.
History
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The mayor's institution was established in 1990 and it replaced the city's executive committee chairman. From 1990 to 2015 the mayor had been elected by the city's council (since 1995 – city's municipality council).[4] Between 1990 and 2003, the mayor was a member of the municipality's board, which performed executive functions.[5]
Between 1995 and 2003 the mayor appointed (or fired) eldermen.[5]
Since 2015 the mayor is elected directly in a two-round system by voters registered in the municipality.[6]
Mayors
[edit]- Michał Józef Römer – 1812[7]
- Afanasiy Yarzhembskiy – 1876-1883[8]
- Nikolay Rubtsov – 1884-1895[8]
- Konstantin Aleksandrovich Golubinov – 1893-1897[9]
- Pavel Vasilevich Berthold – 1897-1905[9]
- Michał Węsławski – 1905-1916
- Marian Dziewicki – 1918-1919[10]
- Witold Abramowicz – 1919[11]
- Witold Antoni Bańkowski – 1919-1927[10]
- Józef Folejewski – 1927-1932[12]
- Wiktor Maleszewski – 1932-1939[12]
- Stasys Žymantas – 1941-1944
- Vytautas Bernatonis – 1990–1993
- Alis Vidūnas – 1995–1997
- Algirdas Čiučelis – 1997
- Rolandas Paksas – 1997–1999, 2000
- Juozas Imbrasas – 1999–2000, 2007–2009
- Artūras Zuokas – 2000–2003, 2003–2007, 2011–2015
- Gediminas Paviržis – 2003
- Vilius Navickas – 2009–2010
- Raimundas Alekna – 2010–2011
- Remigijus Šimašius – 2015-2023
- Valdas Benkunskas – since 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "Mayor". Vilnius.lt. Vilnius City Municipality. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Vilniaus meru išrinktas Valdas Benkunskas: varžovą pasveikino ir Artūras Zuokas". zmones.lt. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ Voveriūnaitė, Simona. "Vilniaus miesto meru išrinktas Benkunskas planuoja darbus – pirmieji bus pradėti dar šiandien". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ "Nuo šiol merai Lietuvoje bus renkami tiesiogiai". tv3.lt.
- ^ a b "I-533 Lietuvos Respublikos vietos savivaldos įstatymas". e-seimas.lrs.lt.
- ^ "TIESIOGINIAI MERŲ RINKIMAI LIETUVOJE: UŽTRUKĘ DEBATAI IR ŠVIEŽIA PATIRTIS" (PDF). www.vdu.lt. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ "Romer Michał Józef, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
- ^ a b Wołkanowski 2015, p. 165.
- ^ a b Wołkanowski 2015, p. 120.
- ^ a b Wołkanowski 2015, p. 295.
- ^ Wałdoch 2014, p. 474.
- ^ a b Wałdoch 2014, p. 483.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wałdoch, Jacek (2014). "Postulaty ugrupowań politycznych podczas wyborów do Rady Miejskiej miasta Wilna w latach 1919–1939". Tendencje rozwojowe myśli politycznej i prawnej.
- Wołkanowski, Waldemar (2015). Michał Węsławski. Biografia prezydenta Wilna w latach 1905-1916 [Michał Węsławski. Biography of the President of Vilnius in 1905-1916] (in Polish). Opole.
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