Kyiv City Council

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Not to be confused with Kyiv City State Administration.

50°26′47″N 30°31′16″E / 50.44639°N 30.52111°E / 50.44639; 30.52111

Kyiv City Council

Київська міська рада
Unicameral
Leadership
Vitali Klitschko[1], UDAR[3]
since 5 June 2014[4]
Secretary
Volodymyr Bondarenko[2], UDAR[2]
since 3 December 2020[2]
Structure
Seats120
Political groups
Government (61)
  •   European Solidarity (31)
  •   UDAR (30)

Opposition (59)

Elections
Last election
2020
Meeting place
City Council and State Administration building, Kyiv, Ukraine
Website
www.kmr.gov.ua

Kyiv City Council (

municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kyiv (who is also directly elected in a separate election independent of the council election) or the City Council Secretary (elected among the council members). The deputies are elected for five-year terms.[5]

The council meets in a 1950s City Council building constructed in neo-classical

Khreschatyk
, the city's main street.

The

most recent Kyiv local election (including Mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2020.[6]

History

Empress of Russia Catherine the Great's municipal reform created Kyiv's city council in 1780.[7]

In its 1781 first municipal elections just under 6,000 of Kyiv's 70,500 inhabitants were qualified to vote.[8]

The first post-

Soviet democratic elections of the Kyiv City Council took place on 4 March 1990.[9]

The first ceremonial raising of the

National Flag Day in Kyiv (only).[10] Beginning with 2004, 23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag (in all Ukraine).[11][10]

During the

Solomianka Raion state administration building instead.[12][13]

Composition

Parliamentary parties

The results

2020 Kyiv local election
:

See also

References

  1. ^ Vitali Klitschko wins in first round of Kyiv mayor election, Ukrinform (6 November 2020)
  2. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (3 December 2020)
  3. ^ Klitschko has the best chance to win Kyiv mayoral elections – exit pol, Ukrinform (25 October 2020)
  4. ^ Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kyiv mayor, Interfax-Ukraine (5 June 2014)
  5. ^ Mahera: Elections in Kyiv may be held in May-June Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, forUm (13 February 2013)
    Yefremov: Kyiv mayoral election may be held before parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (27 February 2012)
  6. ^ Klitschko has the best chance to win Kyiv mayoral elections – exit poll, Ukrinform (25 October 2020)
    (in Ukrainian) Local elections 2020: The first exit polls have been announced, The Ukrainian Week (25 October 2020)
  7. ISBN 9781400851515
    .
  8. ISBN 9780801469251
    .
  9. ^ "KMR.gov.ua - Про Київраду". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  10. ^
    1+1
    (23 August 2011)
  11. ^ Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2012)
    Ceremony of hoisting Ukraine's national flag held at presidential administration, Kyiv Post (23 August 2011)
  12. ^ Hereha closes Kyiv City Council meeting on Tuesday, Interfax-Ukraine (24 December 2013)
  13. ^ "Ukraine protesters leave Kiev's city hall".
  14. Central Election Commission of Ukraine

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