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 European mayors:Their powers and politics August 2019: A plethora of city leadership models exist across Europe, depending on history and political culture, though the challenges facing urban areas are mostly identical. While in France, Belgium, Spain, Greece and Portugal the mayor is head of the party list on the council, in Luxembourg and the Netherlands mayors are appointed by the central government for a six-year term. In contrast to the elected mayors of Poland and Romania, in Finland, Ireland and Iceland the council is run by an appointed manager. In Germany, mayors are directly elected as are all metro mayors in England. In many European countries mayors enjoy considerable powers and their responsibilities cover a wide array of day-to-day activities as well as longterm projects such as health, education, policing, environment and culture. The capital cities of the European Union’s three largest countries, Germany, France and the UK, are governed by centre-left mayors. Berlin’s Michael Müller, a Social Democrat, heads an administration that includes, in addition to the centre-left SPD, the Greens and the leftist party Die Linke. Anne Hidalgo, a member of France’s Socialist Party, has been Mayor of Paris since 2014. She was the city’s deputy mayor from 2001 to 2014. London has had three mayors since the current system of directly elected mayors was introduced in 2000. Ken Livingstone, Mayor from 2000 to 2008, was first elected as an independent but won re-election in 2004 as the official Labour candidate. After eight years under the mayorship of the Conservative Boris Johnson (2008 – 2016), London elected the Labour candidate Sadiq Khan as its new mayor. Most of Europe’s 38 capital city mayors belong to parties on the left and centre-left of the political spectrum. Of the 28 mayors of EU capital cities, 15 are members of socialist, social democrat or other left-leaning parties, such as the mayors of Vienna, Copenhagen, Riga, Brussels and Lisbon. Some eleven EU mayors belong to centrist and centre-right parties parties, while only two mayors adhere to the right. Outside the EU, some six European capital mayors belong to leftist parties, one to centrists and three to parties on the right. EUROPEAN UNION (EU)  AUSTRIANational government: Conservative/far-right coalition until the ‘Ibiza scandal’. Interim technocrat government until new elections scheduled for September 2019 Municipalities: Around 2,100 municipalities in nine federal states Mayors’ term of office: five or six years, depending on state Mayoral elections: Directly or indirectly elected, depending on state Responsibilities: Culture, health, social services, public order, roads & transport, social services, urban planning, water & sewerage, waste Capital: Vienna's mayor also serves as governor of the state government under Austria's federal constitution. MAYORS: Eisenstadt: Thomas Steiner; Born 1967; Mayor since 2011; centre-right Graz: Siegfried Nagl; Born 1963; Mayor since 2003; centre-right Innsbruck: Georg Willi; Born 1959; Mayor since 2010; Greens Klagenfurt: Maria-Luise Mathiaschitz; Born 1957; Mayor since 2015; centre-left Linz: Klaus Luger; Born 1960; Mayor since 2013; centre-left Rust: Gerold Stagl; Born 1960; Mayor since 2012; centre-left Salzburg: Harald Preuner; Born 1959; Mayor since 2017; centre-right VIENNA: Michael Ludwig; Born 1961; Mayor since 2018, centre-left  BELGIUMNational government: Since the December 2018 elections a caretaker coalition government made up of liberal and conservative parties. Municipalities: 589 municipalities in three regions Mayors’ term of office: six years Mayoral elections: Indirect: appointed by central government on the recommendation of the municipality Responsibilities: civil registration, public order, urban planning, water & sewerage, waste Capital: The mayor of the City of Brussels (which governs the smaller city area only) should not be confused with the Minister-President ('prime minister') of the Brussels-Capital Region or the Governor of the Brussels-Capital Region (a ceremonial 'prefect') MAYORS: Anderlecht: Eric Thomas; Bron 1948; Mayor since 2012; Socialist Antwerp: Bart de Wever; Born 1970; Mayor since 2013, Nationalist-conservative Bruges: Dirk Defauw; Born 1957; Mayor since 2018; Centre-right BRUSSELS: Philippe Close; Born 1971; Mayor since 2017; Socialist Charleroi: Paul Magnette; Born 1971; Mayor since 2013; Socialist Ghent: Mathias de Clercq; Born 1981; Mayor since 2018, Liberal Leuven: Mohamed Ridouani; Bron 1979; Mayor since 2018; Socialist Liége: Willy Demeyer; Born 1959; Mayor since 1999; Socialist Mechelen: Bart Somers; Born 1964; Mayor since 2001; Liberal Molenbeek-Saint-Jean: Catherine Moureaux; Born 1978; Mayor since 2018: Socialist Mons: Nicolas Martin; Born 1976; Mayor since 2018; Socialist Namur: Maxime Prévot; Born 1979; Mayor since 2012; Humanist Ostende: Bart Tommelin; Born 1962; Mayor since 2018; Liberal Schaerbeek: Bernard Clerfayt; Born 1961; Mayor since 2001; Centre-right Uccle: Boris Dillies; Born 1972; Mayor since 2017; Centre-right Full list of Belgian mayors  BULGARIANational government: Coalition government of conservative and nationalist parties Municipalities: 265 municipalities in 28 administrative regions Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Responsibilities: Culture & leisure, roads & transport, urban planning and construction, waste, Capital: Sofia serves as both a city and region MAYORS: Bozhurishte: Asparuh Apsaruhov Burgas: Dimitar Nikolov; Born 1967; Mayor since 2007; Centrist Plovdiv: Ivan Totev; Born 1975; Mayor since 2011; Centre-right Ruse: Plamen Stoilov; Born 1962; Mayor since 2011 Varna: Ivan Portnih; Born 1976; Mayor since 2013; Centre-right SOFIA: Yordanka Fandukova; Born 1962; Mayor since 2009; Conservative  CROATIANational government: Coalition of conservatives (senior partner) and liberals (junior partner) Municipalities: 555 municipalities in 21 counties Mayors' term of office: four years Mayoral elections: indirect, mayor is head of party list Responsibilities: culture & leisure, education, environment, fire, health, housing, planning, welfare Capital: Zagreb is governed as a county, with nine towns and 25 municipalities. MAYORS: Dubrovnik: Mato Franković; Born 1982; Mayor since 2017; National conservative Knin: Marko Jelić, Independent Osijek: Ivan Vrkić, Independent Pula: Boris Miletić; Born 1975; Mayor since 2006; Centre-left regional Rikeka: Vojko Obersnel; Born 1957; Mayor since 2000; Centre-left Social Democrat Sibenik: Željko Burić; Born 1955; Mayor since 2013, Conservative centre-right Slavonski Brod: Mirko Duspara; Born in 1961; Independent Split: Andro Krstulović Opara; Born in 1967; Mayor since 2017; Conservative centre-right Zadar: Branko Dukić; Conservative centre-right ZAGREB: Milan Bandic; Born 1955; Mayor since 2005; Independent centre-left  CYPRUSNational government: Presidential system of government. Current incumbent conservative, centre-right Municipalities: 30 municipalities (urban) and around 350 communes (rural) in nine administrative districts Mayors’ term of office: five years Mayoral elections: direct Local government responsibilities: environmental protection, public health, urban planning, water supply, waste Capital: Nicosia city is capital of the Nicosia district MAYORS Larnaca: Andreas Vyras; Born 1978; Mayor since 2017; Left Limassol: Nicos Nicolaides; Born 1953; Mayor since 2016, Independent, centre-left, green NICOSIA: Constantinos Yiorkadjis; Born 1968; Mayor since 2012; Centre-right  CZECH REPUBLICNational government: Coalition of populist and social-democratic parties Municipalities: Around 6,258 municipalities in 14 regions Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral elections: indirectly by council Local government responsibilities: agriculture, economy, education, social security, policing, urban planning, social security, water Capital: the city-region of Prague appoints a mayor from the assembly of the 57 municipalities in the capital MAYORS Brno: Markéta Vanková; Born 1977; Mayor since 2018, Conservative Liberec: Jaroslav Zámecník; Born 1966; Mayor since 2018; Conservative Olomouc: Miroslav Zbánek; Born 1973; Mayor since 2018; Populist Ostrava: Tomás Macura; Born 1964; Mayor since 2014, Populist Plzen: Martin Baxa; Born 1975; Mayor since 2018; Conservative PRAGUE: Zdenek Hřnb; Born 1981; Mayor since 2018; Liberal (Pirate Party)  DENMARKNational government: Social democratic minority government since June 2019 Municipalities: 98 municipalities in five regions Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Indirectly by council Local government responsibilities: Children, culture & leisure, education, waste Capital: The Capital Region of Denmark consists of 29 municipalities, of which Copenhagen is the largest MAYORS Aarhus: Jacob Bundsgaard; Born 1976; Mayor since 2011; Social Democrat COPENHAGEN: Frank Jensen; Born 1961; Mayor since 2010; Social Democrat Esbjerg: Johnny Søtrup; Born1949; Mayor since 1994, Liberal  ESTONIANational government: Coalition of Liberals (senior partner) and two conservative / populist parties Municipalities: 30 cities and 183 municipalities in 15 counties Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Indirectly by council Local government responsibilities: Culture & leisure, education, health, housing, social welfare, transport, urban planning, waste, water & sewerage Capital: Tallinn is further divided into eight sub-districts, each with their own mayor MAYORS TALLINN: Mihhail Kolvert; Born 1977; Mayor since April 2019, Centre-left Tartu: Urmas Klaas; Born 1971; Mayor since 2014; Centre-left liberal  FINLANDNational government: Since June 2019, coalition of Social Democrats (senior partner), Greens and other centre-left parties Municipalities: 313 municipalities in 19 regions. Four cities operate mayoral system. Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral elections: indirectly by council: the mayor is a civil servant appointed by the council to head its administration Local government responsibilities: education, health, leisure and culture, roads & transport, (inc. ports) social services, urban planning, water & sewerage, waste Capital: The Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council is a voluntary association to provide coordination between the four largest municipalities in the capital region MAYORS HELSINKI: Jan Vapaavuori; Born 1965; Mayor since June 2017; Centre-right Turku: Aleksi Randell; Born 1975; Mayor since 2010; Centre-right / liberal  FRANCENational government: Since May 2017, centrist / liberal government under President Emmanuel Macron Municipalities: 36,658 municipalities (communes) in 16 regions Mayors’ term of office: six years Mayoral elections: Indirect, mayor is head of party list in council election (if the mayor is appointed to another post in government, a deputy performs their duties) Local government responsibilities: Civil registration, culture, economy, education, environment, public order, roads, social welfare, urban planning Capital: The Paris city council and the départment of Paris share the same boundaries, while the city is divided into 20 sub-districts MAYORS Aix-en-Provence: Maryse Joissains-Masini; Born 1942; Mayor since 2001; Centre-right Angers: Christophe Béchu; Born 1974; Mayor since 2014; Centre-right Besançon: Jean-Louis Fousseret; Born 1946; Mayor since 2001; Centre-left Bordeaux: Nicolas Florian; Born 1969; Mayor since March 2019, centre-right Brest: François Cuillandre; Born 1955; Mayor since 2001, Socialist Dijon: François Rebsamen; Born 1951; Mayor from 2001 to 2014 and 2015 to date; Socialist Grenoble: Eric Piolle; Born 1973; Mayor since 2014; The Greens Le Havre: Jean Baptiste Gastinne; Born 1967; Mayor since March 2019, Centre-right Le Mans: Stéphane Le Foll; Born 1960; Mayor since 2018, Socialist Lille: Martine Aubry; Born 1950; Mayor since 2001; Socialist Lyon: Gérard Collomb; Born 1947; Mayor from 2001 until 2017 and again from 2018 to date; Socialist until 2017 when he joined President Macron’s centre-right / liberal ‘La Republique en Marche’ Marseille: Jean-Claude Gaudin; Born 1939; Mayor since 1995; Centre-right Montpellier: Philippe Saurel; Born 1957; Mayor since 2014; Radical left Montreuil-sous-Bois: Patrice Bessac; Born in 1978; Mayor since 2014; Communist Nantes: Johanna Rolland; Born 1979; Mayor since 2014; Socialist Nice: Christian Estrosi; Born 1955; Mayor from 2008 to 2016 and again from 2017 to date, centre-right Nîmes: Jean-Paul Fournier; Born 1955; Mayor from 2008 o 2016 since 2001; Centre-right PARIS: Anne Hidalgo; Born 1959; Mayor since 2014; Socialist Reims: Arnaud Robinet; Born 1975; Mayor since 2014; Centre-right Rennes: Nathalie Appéré; Born 1975; Mayor since 2014; Socialist Rouen: Yvon Robert; Born 1949; Mayor since 2012; Socialist Saint-Etienne: Gaël Perdriau; Born 1972; Mayor since 2014; Centre-right Strasbourg: Roland Ries; Born 1945; Mayor since 2008; Socialist Toulon: Hubert Falco; Born 1947; Mayor since 2001; Centre-right Toulouse: Jean-Luc Moudenc; Born 1960; Mayor since 2014, Centre-right Full list of French mayors  GERMANYNational government: Coalition of centre-right (Christian Democrats) and centre-left (Social Democrats) parties. Municipalities: 11,313 municipalities in 16 federal states Mayors’ term of office: between five and nine years, depending on state Mayoral elections: Directly or indirectly elected, depending on state Local government responsibilities: Culture, economy, education, fire, housing, roads, social welfare, waste, water Capital: the city of Berlin (Popl. 3.4 million) is also a state (the mayor is minister-president) and is divided into 12 sub-districts, each with their own mayor. Parties: CDU = Christian Democratic Union, centre-right; CSU = Christian Social Union; right; SPD = Social Democrats; centre-left; FDP = Free Democrats; conservative-liberal; Green = Green Party; ecological centre-left MAYORS Aachen: Marcel Philipp; Born 1971; Mayor since 2009; (CDU) Augsburg: Kurt Gribl; Born 1964; Mayor since 2008; (CSU) BERLIN: Michael Müller; Born 1964; Mayor (state governor) since 2014; (SPD) Bielefeld: Peter Clausen; Born 1962; Mayor since 2009; (SPD) Bochum: Thomas Eiskirch; Born 1970; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Bonn: Ashok Alexander Sridharan; Born 1965; Mayor since 2015; (CDU) Braunschweig Ulrich Markurth; Born 1956; Mayor since 2014; (SPD) Bremen: Andreas Bovenschulte; Born 1965; Mayor (state governor) since 2019; (SPD) Chemnitz: Barbara Ludwig; Born 1962; Mayor since 2006; (SPD) Cologne: Henriette Reker; Born 1956; Mayor since 2015; (Independent) Dortmund: Ullrich Sierau; Born 1956; Mayor since 2009; (SPD) Dresden: Dirk Hilbert; Born 1971; Mayor since 2015; (FDP) Duisburg: Sören Link; Born 1976; Mayor since 2012; (SPD) Essen: Thomas Kufen; Born 1973; Mayor since 2015; (CDU) Frankfurt: Peter Feldmann; Born 1959; Mayor since 2012; (SPD) Freiburg: Martin Horn; Born 1984; Mayor since 2018; (Independent) Gelsenkirchen: Frank Baranowski; Born 1962; Mayor since 2004; (SPD) Hagen: Erik Schulz; Born 1966; Mayor since 2014; (Independent) Halle: Bernd Wiegand; Born 1957; Mayor since 2012; (Independent) Hamburg: Peter Tschentscher; Born 1966; Mayor (State governor) since 2018; (SPD) Hamm: Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann; Born 1953; Mayor since 1999; (CDU) Hannover: Vacant Heidelberg: Eckhart Würzner; Born 1962; Mayor since 2006 (Independent) Herne: Frank Dudda; Born 1963; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Karlsruhe: Frank Mentrup; Born 1964; Mayor since 2012; (SPD) Kassel: Christian Geselle; Born 1976; Mayor since 2017; (SPD) Kiel: Ulf Kämpfer; Born 1972; Mayor since 2014; (SPD) Krefeld: Frank Meyer; Born 1974; Mayor since 2014; (SPD) Leipzig: Burkhard Jung; Bron 1958; Mayor since 2006; (SPD) Leverkusen: Uwe Richrath; Born 1961; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Lübeck: Jan Lindenau; Born 1979; Mayor since 2017; (SPD) Ludwigshafen: Eva Lohse; Born 1962; Mayor since 2002; {CDU) Magdeburg: Lutz Trumper; Born 1955; Mayor since 2001 (SPD) Mainz: Michael Ebling; Born 1967; Mayor since 2012 ((SPD) Mannheim: Peter Kurz; Born 1962; Mayor since 2007 (SPD) Mönchengladbach: Hans Wilhelm Reiners; Born 1955; Mayor since 2014; (CDU) Mülheim/Ruhr: Ulrich Scholten; Born 1960; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Münster: Markus Lewe; Born 1965; Mayor since 2009; (CDU) Munich: Dieter Reite; Born 1958; Mayor since 2014; (SPD) Nuremberg: Ulrich Maly; Born 1960; Mayor since 2002; (SPD) Oberhausen: Daniel Schranz; Born 1974; Mayor since 2015; (CDU) Rostock: Roland Methling; Born Mayor since 2005; (Independent) Saarbrücken: Charlotte Britz; Born 1958; Mayor since 2004; (SPD) Uwe Conradt (CDU) will take over on 1 October 2019 Solingen: Tim Kurzbach; Born 1978; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Stuttgart: Fritz Kuhn; Born 1955; Mayor since 2012; (Green) Tübingen: Boris Palmer; Born 1972; Mayor since 2007; (Green) Wiesbaden: Gert-Uwe Mende; Born 1974; Mayor since 2019; (SPD) Wuppertal: Andreas Mucke; Born 1966; Mayor since 2015; (SPD) Full list of German mayors German mayors' salaries  GREECENational government: Conservative government since July 2019 Municipalities: 323 municipalities in 13 regions Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral elections: indirect, mayor is head of party list in council election Local government responsibilities: agriculture, culture & leisure, economy, education, environmental protection, gas, housing, policing, public safety, urban planning, waste, water Capital: The city of Athens is the largest municipality in Athens Prefecture, which though directly elected, performs a coordination function MAYORS ATHENS: Kostas Bakoyannis; Born 1978; Mayor since May 2019, Centre-right Thessaloniki: Constantinos Zervas, Mayor since May 2019, Independent centrist  HUNGARYNational government: Nationalist, right-wing government Municipalities: 3,201 units of local government: upper-tier counties, cities, towns and villages Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture, economy, education, environmental protection, fire, housing, roads & transport, urban planning water Capital: Budapest also holds status as a county-level government but with 23 sub-districts within it MAYORS BUDAPEST: Istvan Tarlos; Born 1948; Mayor since October 2010; Independent rightist Debrecen: László Papp; Born 1972; Mayor since 2014; Right-wing  IRELANDNational government: Centre-right, liberal-conservative government Municipalities: 31 local government areas Mayors’ term of office: five years (council) Mayoral elections: mayors are appointed by the council for a year as ceremonial chair. The town/borough clerk is head of the administration but as a central government appointed civil servant Local government responsibilities: housing, leisure, roads, urban planning / cities also: culture, fire, waste, water & sewerage Capital: Dublin City Council, as with the other four cities in Ireland, enjoys the same competency as a county Cork: John Sheehan (Lord Mayor); Born 1967; Mayor since June 2019; Fianna Fail centre-right DUBLIN: Paul McAuliffe (Lord Mayor); Born 1977; Mayor since June 2019, Fianna Fail centre-right I  TALYNational government: Coalition government between populist 5-Star Movement and right-wing League Municipalities: 8,006 municipalities (communes) in 20 regions Mayors’ term of office: five years Mayoral elections: direct Local government responsibilities: culture, economy, environment, policing, social services, urban planning Capital: Rome's municipality is equal to all others in Italy but divided into 19 sub-districts also MAYORS Ancona: Valeria Mancinelli; Born 1955; Mayor since 2013; Social Democrat Bari: Antonio Decaro; Born 1970; Mayor since 2014; Social Democrat Bologna: Virginio Merola; Born 1955; Mayor since 2011; Social Democrat Brescia: Emilio Del Bono; Born 1965; Mayor since 2013; Social Democrat Cagliari: Paulo Truzzi; Born 1972; Mayor since 2019; Centre right Catania: Salvo Salvatore; Born 1971; Mayor since 2018; Centre right Firenze (Florence): Dario Nardella; Born 1975; Mayor since 2014; Social Democrat Genoa: Marco Bucci; Born 1959; Mayor since 2017; Centre right Messina: Cateno De Luca; Born 1972; Mayor since 2013; Independent Milan: Giuseppe Sala; Born 1958; Mayor since 2016; Social Democrat Naples: Luigi di Magistris; Born 1967; Mayor since 2011; Centrist, anti-corruption Novara: Alessandro Canelli; Born 1971; Mayor since 2016; Far right Padova: Sergio Giordani; Born 1953; Mayor since 2017; Centre left Palermo: Leoluca Orlando; Born 1947; Mayor since 2012; Independent Parma: Frederico Pizzarotti; Born 1973; Mayor since 2012; Independent, formerly Five-Star Movement Prato: Matteo Biffoni; Born 1974; Mayor since 2014; Far right Ravenna: Michele De Pascale; Born 1985; Mayor since 2016; Social Democrat Reggio Calabria: Giuseppe Falcomata; Born 1983; Mayor since 2014; Social Democrat Rimini: Andrea Grassi; Born 1969; Mayor since 2011; Social Democrat ROME: Virginia Elena Raggi; Born 1978; Mayor since 2016; Populist, 5-Star Movement Salerno: Vincenzo Napoli; Born 1950; Mayor since 2016; Social Democrat Sassari: Nicola Sanna; Born 1963; Mayor since 2014; Social Democrat Taranto: Rinaldo Melucci; Born 1977; Mayor since 2017; Social Democrat Trieste: Roberto Dipiazza; Born 1953; Mayor since 2016; Centre right Turin: Chiara Appendino; Born 1984; Mayor since 2016; Populist, 5-Star Movement Venice: Luigi Brugnaro; Born 1961; Mayor since 2015; Independent Verona: Federico Sboarina; Born 1971; Mayor since 2017; Centre right independent Full list of Italian mayors  LATVIANational government: Centre-right coalition Municipalities: 119 municipalities in five administrative regions Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: Indirectly by council Local government responsibilities: Civil registration, culture, education, health, housing, public order, social services, transport, urban planning, waste, water Capital: the region of Riga contains the city itself and the neighbouring city of Jurmala MAYORS: Daugavpils: Andrejs Elksnins; Born 1982; Mayor since January 2019; Centre left RIGA: Olegs Burovs; Born 1960; Acting mayor since 2019, Centre left, municipal party  LITHUANIANational government: Coalition of centre-left and centrist parties Municipalities: 60 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: Indirectly by council Responsibilities: Economy, education, environment, housing, transport Capital: Vilnius is served by the city municipality and a district municipality (outer area), which are both in the county of Vilnius (province). The city is divided into 21 sub-districts MAYORS: Kaunas: Visvaldas Matijošaitis; Born 1957; Mayor since 2015; Centre right VILNIUS: Remigijus Šimašius; Born 1974; Mayor since 2015; Liberal  LUXEMBOURGNational government: Centre-left / Green coalition Municipalities: 105 municipalities (communes) Mayors’ term of office: six years Mayoral election: Indirect: appointed by central government on the recommendation of the municipality Local government responsibilities: culture, education, health, public order, urban planning Capital: Luxembourg City is the largest municipality and capital of the Grand Duchy MAYORS: Differdange: Roberto Traversini; Born 1963; Mayor since 2014, Green Esch-sur-Alzette: Vera Spautz; Born 1963; Mayor since 2013, Socialist LUXEMBOURG: Lydie Polfer, Born 1952; Mayor since 2013, Liberal  MALTANational government: Centre-left Labour Party Municipalities: 68 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: three years Mayoral elections: mayors are appointed by the council for three years as president. The council secretary is head of the administration but as an appointed civil servant Local government responsibilities: education, health, leisure, public order, roads Capital: Valetta's city council is equal to all other councils in Malta MAYORS: Mdina: Peter Dei Conti Sant-Manduca; Born 1966; Mayor since 2003, Centre right Qormi: Jesmond Aquilina; Mayor from 2004 to 2012 and again since 2017; Socialist Sliema: Anthony Chircop, since 2012; Centre right VALETTA: Alfred Zammit; Born 1969; Mayor since 2019; Socialist  THE NETHERLANDSNational government: Centre-right coalition Municipalities: 390 municipalities in 12 provinces Mayors’ term of office: six years Mayoral election: indirect: appointed by central government on the recommendation of the municipality Local government responsibilities: culture, education, health, housing, public order, social services, transport, urban planning Capital: the City of Amsterdam is further divided into 15 sub-districts, while Rotterdam, the country's commercial capital, consists of 11 sub-municipalities, called 'deelgemeenten'. MAYORS: AMSTERDAM: Femke Halsema; Born 1966; Mayor since June 2018; Green Left Eindhoven: John Jorritsma; Born 1956; Mayor since 2016; Centre right The Hague: Pauline Christine Krikke; Born 1961; Mayor since March 2017; Centre-right Rotterdam: Ahmed Aboutaleb; Born 1961; Mayor since 2009; Labour Utrecht: Jan van Zanen; Born 1961; Mayor since 2014, Centre right  POLANDNational government: Nationalist, right-wing Municipalities: 2,479 municipalities in 16 provinces Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture, education, environment, health, housing, social services, transport Capital: Warsaw is the largest city in the Marsovia province MAYORS: Bydgoszcz: Rafal Bruski; born 1962; Mayor since 2010; Centrist (PO) Gdansk: Aleksndra Dulkiewicz; Born 1979; Mayor since 1998, Independent Katowice: Marcin Krupa; Born 1976; Mayor since 2014; Independent Kraków: Jacek Majchrowski; Born 1947; Mayor since 2002, Independent Lódz: Hanna Zdanowska; Born 1959; Mayor since 2010, Centrist (PO) Lublin: Krzysztof Zuk; Born 1957; Mayor since 2010; Poznan: Jacek Jaskowiak; Born 1964; Mayor since 2014; Centrist (PO) Szczecin: Priotr Krzystek; Born 1973; Mayor since 2006; Independent WARSAW: Rafal Trzasowski, Born 1972; Mayor since 2018, Centrist (PO) Wroclaw: Jacek Zbigniew; Born 1978; Mayor since 2018 Full list of Polish mayors  PORTUGALNational government: Leftist / Green coalition; Next elections 6 October 2019 Municipalities: 308 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: Indirect, mayor is head of party list in council election Local government responsibilities: Public works, urban planning (4240 communes provide culture, education, environment and health services on the same basis of election) Capital: Lisbon Metropolitan Area consists of the city and 18 other municipalities for the purpose of inter-municipal cooperation MAYORS: Faro: Rogério Bacalhau; Born 1962; Mayor since 2013; Liberal-conservative LISBON: Fernando Medina; Born 1973; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Porto: Rui de Carvalho de Araújo Moreira; Born 1956; Mayor since 2013, Independent Viseu: Almeida Henriques; Born 1961; Mayor since 2013; Centre-right  ROMANIANational government: Social Democrat but increasingly authoritarian Municipalities: 320 cities and 2,861 communes in 41 counties Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral election: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture & leisure, education, environment, housing, public order, transport, urban planning, water & sewerage, waste Capital: Bucharest is both a city and a county further divided into six sub-districts each with their own mayor MAYORS: BUCHAREST: Gabriela Firea; Born 1972; Mayor since 2016; Social Democrat Cluj-Napoca: Emil Boc; Born 1966; Mayor since 2012, Conservative-liberal (National Liberal Party) Lasi: Mihai Chirica; Born 1972; Mayor since 2016, Centre-left  SLOVAKIANational government: Centre-left, Social Democrat Municipalities: 2,930 municipalities in eight regions Mayors’ term of office: Four Mayoral elections: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture, education, environment, health, social services, transport, water & sewerage Capital: Bratislava is a region with five councils (Bratislava I-V) for the city which are divided into 17 sub-districts each with their own mayor MAYORS: BRATISLAVA: Matús Vallo; Born 1977; Mayor since 2018; Progressive Kosice: Jaroslav Polaček; Born 1976; Mayor since 2018, Conservative S  LOVENIANational government: Centre-left / Liberal Municipalities: 212 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: Direct Local government responsibilities: economy, education, environment, housing, public order, urban planning, waste & sewerage Capital: Ljubljana is one of 11 municipalities with enhanced urban status MAYORS: Kranj: Matjaz Rakovec; Born 1964; Mayor since 2018; Centre left, Social Democrat LJUBLJANA: Zoran Jankovic; Born 1953; since 2012, Centre left, founder of the Positive Slovenia Party Velenje: Bojan Kontič; Born 1961; Mayor since 2011; Centre left  SPAINNational government: Socialist, centre-left Municipalities: 8,176 municipalities in 19 regions Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral elections: Indirect, mayor is head of party list in council election Local government responsibilities: Environment, roads, urban planning, water (larger units: culture, environment, fire, social services, transport, waste) Capital: The city of Madrid is part of the autonomous region of Madrid, as well as other municipalities MAYORS Alcalá de Henares: Javier Rodriguez Palacios; Born 1972; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Alicante: Luis Barcala; Born 1962; Mayor since 2018; Socialist Almería: Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco; Born 1983; Mayor since 2015; Centre-right Barcelona: Ada Colau Ballano; Born 1974; Mayor since 2018; Leftist Bilbao: Juan Maria Aburto; Born 1961; Mayor since 2015; Basque nationalist Cartagena: Ana Belen Castejon Hernandez; Born 1979; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Castellón de la Plana: Amparo Marco Gual; Born 1968; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Córdoba: Jose Marion Bellido; Born 1977; Mayor since 2019; Socialist Elche: Carlos Gonzalez Serna; Born 1965; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Fuenlabrada: Javier Ayala; Born 1972; Mayor since 2018; Socialist Girona: Marta Madrenas; Born 1967; Mayor since 2016; Catalonian nationalist Gijón: Ana Gonzalez; Born 1963; Mayor since 2019; Socialist Granada: Luis Salvador; Born 1963; Mayor since 2019; Centrist Jerez de la Frontera: Dona Maria del Carmen Sanchez Diaz; Born 1968; Mayor since 2015; Socialist La Coruña: Ines Rey Garcia; Born 1982; Mayor since 2019; Socialist Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Augusto Hidalgo Marario; Born 1972; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Leganés: Santiago Llorente; Born 1969; Mayor since 2015; Socialist L’Hospitalet de Lobregat: Núria Marín Martínez; Born 1963; Mayor since 2008; Catalan Socialist Lleida: Miquel Pueyo; Born 1957; Mayor since 2019; Catalan Social Democrat MADRID: Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida; Born 1975; Mayor since 2019; Centre right Málaga: Francisco de la Torre; Born 1942; Mayor since 2003; Centre right Móstoles: Noellia Posse Gomez; Born 1978; Mayor since 2018; Socialist Murcia; Jose Ballesta German; Born 1958; Mayor since 2015; Centre right Oviedo: Alfredo Canteli; Born 1946; Mayor since 2019; Centre right Palma de Mallorca: Jose Hila Vargas; Born 1972; Mayor since 2019; Socialist Pamplona: Enrique Maya; Born 1959; Mayor since 2019; Centre right Sabadell: Marta Farres; Born 1981; Mayor since 2019; Catalonian socialist San Sebastián: Eneko Goia; Born 1971; Mayor since 2015; Basque nationalist Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Patricia Hernandez Gutierrez; Born 1980; Mayor since 2019; Socialist Santander: Gema Igual Ortiz; Born 1973; Mayor since 2016; Centre right Sevilla: Juan Espadas; Born 1966; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Tarragona: Pau Ricoma; Born 1957; Mayor since 2019; Catalan Social Democrat Terrasa: Jordi Ballart; Born 1980; Mayor since 2019; Left, local party Valencia: Joan Ribó; Born 1947; Mayor since 2015; Centre left Valencian bloc Valladolid: Oscar Puente; Born 1968; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Vigo: Abel Caballero; Born 1946; Mayor since 2007; Socialist Vitoria: Gorka Urturan Agirre; Born 1972; Mayor since 2015; Basque nationalist Zaragoza: Jorge Azcon; Born 1973; Mayor since 2019; Socialist  SWEDENNational government: Social Democrat / Green coalition Municipalities: 290 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral election: Indirectly by council Local government responsibilities: Education, environment, health, roads & transport, social services, urban planning, waste, water Capital: The city of Stockholm is one of 26 municipalities in Stockholm County and is divided into 14 appointed sub-districts MAYORS: Gothenburg: Axel Josefson; Born 1970; Mayor since 2019; Centre right Malmö: Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh; Born 1974; Mayor since 2013; Social Democrat STOCKHOLM: Anna König Jerlmyr; Born 1978; Mayor since 2018; Centre right  UNITED KINGDOMNational government: Conservative supported by Northern Irish Protestant Unionists Municipalities: England 284 municipalities and 124 single-tier authorities in nine regions; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 65 municipalities; Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral election: 'Leaders' indirectly by council; 12 directly elected mayors in England Local government responsibilities: Environment, housing, leisure, urban planning, waste (single tier: also culture, education, roads & transport, social services) Capital: Greater London is divided into 33 single-tier boroughs (three with elected mayor) Elected regional (metro) mayors Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: James Palmer; Born 1969; Mayor since 2017; Conservative Greater LONDON: Sadiq Khan; Born 1970; Mayor since 2016; Labour Greater Manchester: Andy Burnham; Born 1970; Mayor since 2017; Labour Liverpool City Region: Steve Rotheram; Born 1961; Mayor since 2017; Labour North of Tyne: Jamie Driscoll; Born 1971; Mayor since 2019; Labour Sheffield City Region: Dan Jarvis; Born 1972; Mayor since 2018; Labour Tees Valley: Ben Houchen; Born 1986; Mayor since 2017; Conservative West of England: Tim Bowles; Mayor since 2017; Conservative West Midlands / Greater Birmingham: Andy Street; Born 1963; Mayor since 2017; Conservative Elected city mayors Bedford: Dave Hodgson; Born 1959; Mayor since 2009; Liberal Democrat Bristol: Marvin Rees; Born 1972; Mayor since 2016; Labour Copeland: Mike Starkie; Mayor since 2015; Independent Doncaster: Ros Jones; Born 1949; Mayor since 2013; Labour Hackney (London borough): Philip Glanville; Mayor since 2016; Labour Leicester: Peter Soulsby; Born 1948; Mayor since 2011; Labour Lewisham (London borough): Damien Egan; Mayor since 2018; Labour Liverpool (City): Joe Anderson; Born 1958; Mayor since 2012; Labour Mansfield: Andy Abrahams; Mayor since 2019; Labour Middlesbrough: Andy Preston; born 1966; Mayor since 2019; Labour Newham (London borough): Rokhsana Fiaz; Mayor since 2018; Labour North Tyneside: Norma Redfearn; Mayor since 2013; Labour Salford: Paul Dennett; Mayor since 2016; Labour Tower Hamlets (London borough): John Biggs; Born 1957; Mayor since 2015; Labour Watford: Peter Taylor; Mayor since 2018; Liberal Democrat Full list of elected British mayors OUTSIDE EU  ALBANIANational government: Socialist Municipalities: 61 municipalities in 12 regions Mayors' term of office: Three years Mayoral elections: Direct 2019 mayoral elections: The June 2019 municipal elections were boycotted by most opposition parties, including the centre-right Democratic Party. The Socialist Party contested 31 municipalities unopposed. In the other 30 municipalities it faced minor parties and/or independents. The Socialists won in 60 out of 61 municipalities. Local government responsibilities: Culture & leisure, education, environment, planning, public health, roads, welfare Capital: Tirana is capital of the district and county, which are larger entities than the city. MAYORS: Durres: Vangjush Dako; Born 1966; Mayor since 2006; Socialist Elbasan: Qazim Sejdini; Born 1951; Mayor since 2007; Socialist Lipkovo: Erkan Arifi; Mayor since 2017; Centre left TIRANA: Erion Veliaj; Born 1979; Mayor since 2015; Socialist  BELARUSNational government: Authoritarian Municipalities: 118 districts, 102 cities and 108 towns in six provinces Mayors' term of office: indefinite Mayoral elections: Appointed by president on advice of city council Local government responsibilities: Culture & leisure, economy, education, environment, health, housing, planning, transport, waste, welfare Capital: Minsk is a self-rule city and is also capital of the Minsk Province. It is further divided into nine districts for administrative purposes. MAYORS: Brest: Aleksandr Rogachuk; Born 1965; Mayor since 2014 MINSK: Anatoli Sivak; Mayor since November 2018  BOSNIA AND HERZOGOVINANational government: Conservative / nationalist Municipalities: 142 municipalities in two republics Mayors' term of office: Four years Mayoral election: Direct Capital: Sarajevo is de jure capital of both republics as well as the Sarajevo canton. In addition to the city council there are four municipalities, including Sarajevo Centre. MAYORS: Brcko: Sinisa Milic; Serb Social Democrat Doboj: Boris Jerinic; Born 1980; Mayor since February 2019; Independent Mostar: Ljubo Beslic; Born 1958; Mayor since 2004; Centre right, Croatian Democratic Union SARAJEVO: Abdulah Skaka; Born 1983; Mayor since 2017; Conservative Muslim  ICELANDNational government: Green / leftist coalition Municipalities: 79 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: four years Mayoral elections: Indirect, the municipality may choose to appoint a councillor as mayor or hire a council manager, for an indeterminate period Local government responsibilities: Education, electricity, environment, fire, social services, transport (inc. ports), waste, urban planning, water & sewerage Capital: Reykjavik tends to appoint a councillor as mayor MAYORS: Kópavogur: Ármann Kristinn Ólafsson; Born 1966; Mayor since 2012; Progressive REYKJAVIK: Dagur Bergþóruson Eggertsson; Born 1972; Mayor since 2014; Social Democrat  MOLDOVANational government: Coalition of pro-European liberals and pro-Russian socialists Municipalities: 1,679 municipalities in 35 regions Mayors' term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Capital: Chisinau is one of the three municipalities and is further divided into five sectors, each headed by a pretor appointed by the mayor. MAYORS: CHISINAU: Adrian Talmaci; Acting Mayor since July 2019  NORTH MACEDONIANational government: Social Democrat, pro-European, pro-NATO Municipalities: 84 municipalities Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture, economy, education, environment, social services, roads, water Capital: Greater Skopje consists of 10 municipalities MAYORS: SKOPJE: Petre Silegov; Mayor since 2017; Social Democrat  NORWAYNational government: Conservative Municipalities: 428 municipalities in 19 counties Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Indirectly appointed by council Local government responsibilities: Culture & leisure, economy, education, health, social services Capital: Oslo is both a municipality and a county and is divided into 15 sub-districts MAYORS: Bergen: Marte Mjøs Persen; Born 1975; Mayor since 2015; Socialist OSLO: Marianne Borgen; Born 1961; Mayor since 2015; Socialist Trondheim: Rita Ottervik Bron 1966; Mayor since 2003, Socialist  RUSSIANational government: Nationalist / authoritarian Municipalities: 12,215 municipalities and two federal cities in 83 federal states Mayors' term of office: four years Mayoral elections: In a few cities directly; more often than not by the city councils (dumas); some appointed; provincial governors can cancel elections Local government responsibilities: Varies across the federation, according to negotiated charters, though most deal with education and the local environment. Capital: Moscow, one of two federal cities, is divided into 123 districts, each with their own elected mayor. It is not part of the Moscow Oblast (state). MAYORS: Ekaterinburg: Alexander Vysokinskiy; Mayor since 2018, United Russia, pro Kremlin Kaliningrad: Alexey Silanov; Mayor since April 2018; United Russia, pro Kremlin Kazan: Ilsur Metshin; Born 1969; Mayor since 2005; United Russia, pro Kremlin MOSCOW: Sergei Sobyanin; Born 1958; Mayor since 2010 (acting), elected in 2013; United Russia, pro Kremlin Novosibirsk: Anatoly Evgenevich Lokot; Bron 1959; Mayor since 2014; Communist Party St. Petersburg: Alexander Beglov; Born 1956; Mayor since 2018; United Russia pro Kremlin Vladivostok: Oleg Gumenyuk; Mayor since March 2019; Right wing  SERBIANational government: Centre-right, nationalist with independent prime minister Municipalities: 200 municipalities and four cities Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Local government responsibilities: Education, electricity, social services, transport, urban planning, water Capital: Belgrade is divided into 17 sub-districts, each with their own mayor Mayors: BELGRADE: Zoran Radojicic; Born 1963; since June 2018; National conservative Novi Sad: Milos Vucevic; Born 1974; Mayor since 2012; National conservative  SWITZERLANDNational government: All-party coalition Municipalities: 2,740 municipalities in 26 federal states Mayors’ term of office: Variable by municipality Mayoral elections: Indirectly by council (council president acts as ‘mayor’) Local government responsibilities: Education, energy, police, roads, social welfare, urban planning Capital: The canton (state) of Berne consists of 26 districts and 398 municipalities, the city of Berne is the capital of the canton and Berne district Mayors: Basel: Elisabeth Ackermann; Born 1963; Mayor since 2016; Green BERN: Alec von Graffenried; Born 1962; Mayor since 2017, Green Geneva: Sandrine Salerno; Born 1971; Mayor’s term June 2019 to June 2020; Socialist Zürich: Corine Mauch; Born 1960; Mayor since 2009; Social Democrat  TURKEYNational government: Right-wing, authoritarian Municipalities: 1,397 municipalities Mayors' term of office: Five years Mayoral election: Direct Local government responsibilities: Education, health, planning, transport, welfare Capital: The Metropolitan Municipality of Ankara is the political capital of Turkey and consists of the mayor and eight districts. It is also capital of the Ankara province. MAYORS: Adana: Zeydan Karalar; Born 1958; Mayor since March 2019; Social Democrat ANKARA: Mansur Yavas; Born 1955; Mayor since April 2019; Social Democrat Istanbul: Ekrem İmamoğlu; Born 1970; Mayor since June 2019; Social Democrat Izmir: Mustafa Tunç Soyer; Born 1959; Mayor since April 2019; Social Democrat  UKRAINENational government: Libertarian, pro-European Municipalities: 10,885 municipal council (9644 villages, 783 towns, 548 cities) in 25 provinces Mayors’ term of office: Four years Mayoral elections: Direct Local government responsibilities: Culture, housing, economy, education, environment, social services, transport, urban planning, waste, water & sewerage Capital: Kiev enjoys special status as an independent entity within the Ukraine's centralised system MAYORS: KIEV: Vitali Klitschko; Born 1971; Mayor since 2014; Pro-European centrist Odessa: Gennady Trukhanov; Born 1965; Mayor since 2014; Pro-Russia Party of the Regions Note: where possible common definitions (structures and responsibilities) have been provided Copyright 2019 City Mayors Follow @City_Mayors |