Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod

Political role in Central Russia

Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod

Coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod

Flag of Nizhny Novgorod

Incumbent
Yury Shalabayev

since 6 May 2020

Style| His Excellency (formal)
Mr. Mayor (informal)
Residence| Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin 5, Nizhny Novgorod
Term length| 5 years
Inaugural holder| Dmitry Bednyakov
Formation| 12 December 1991
Succession| Deputy Mayor
Salary| $230,000
Website| Office of the Mayor

The Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod is head of the executive branch of the political system in Nizhny Novgorod, the Administration of Nizhny Novgorod. Since May 6, 2020 the position is occupied by Yury Shalabayev.[1]

The mayor is not elected by popular vote, but appointed as a result of the closed vote of city council deputies.

From 1991 to 2010 there was a single-headed system of legislative and executive power. From 2010 to 2017, city government was divided between two positions - the head of the city, who led the City Duma, and the head of the city administration (city manager).

On October 26, 2017, a law was approved to return the one-head system, in which the mayor of the city is also vested with the powers of the head of administration.[2] In December 2017, a return to this management system began.[3] The post of Chairman of the City Duma, abolished in 2010, was restored.

There are no direct elections for the mayor of the city. He is appointed by the decision of the City Duma, during a closed vote of deputies.

During the Russian Tsardom, the position of mayor was called zemsky headman. One of the most famous was Kuzma Minin during the Time of Troubles.

## Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1785

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Years  | Mayor

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1786—1788  | Ivan Bryzgalov
1789—1791  | Ivan Yurin
1792—1794  | Semyon Loshkarev
1795—1797  | Alexey Borodin
1798—1800  | Ivan Kostromin
1801—1803  | Nikolai Khalezov
1804—1806  | Ivan Bryzgalov
1807  | Alexey Borodin
1808—1809  | Semyon Loshkarev
1810—1812  | Pyotr Kamenev
1813—1815  | Mikhail Yesyrev
1816—1818  | Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1819—1821  | Fedor Schukin
1822—1824  | Ivan Pyatov
1825—1827  | Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1828—1830  | Mikhail Klimov
1831—1833  | Pyotr Kosarev
1834—1836  | Fedor Pereplyotchikov
1837—1839  | Mikhail Klimov
1840—1842  | Ivan Pyatov
1843—1845  | Vasily Galkin
1846—1848  | Semyon Pyatov
1849—1851  | Dmitry Klimov
1852—1854  | Vasily Michurin
1855—1857  | Dmitry Klimov
1858—1860  | Theophylact Pyatov
1861—1863  | Mikhail Burmistrov
1864—1866  | Vasily Michurin
1867—1869  | Ivan Kvartalov

## Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1870

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Years  | Mayor

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1870—1878  | Alexey Gubin
21.12.1878—19.10.1879  | Ivan Zurov
.12.1879—26.07.1888  | Vasily Sobolev
1888—13.04.1893  | Alexey Gubin

## Mayors according to the City Regulations of 1892

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Years  | Mayor

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1893—1896  | Dmitry Delvig
.02.1897—1909  | Alexander Memorsky
16.02.1909—1910  | Vladimir Gorinov
1911—1913  | Ivan Bogoyavlensky
1913—1917  | Dmitry Sirotkin
1917  | Vladimir Ganchel

## Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the City Council of People's Deputies of the CPSU (1918-1991)

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Years  | Mayor

|

1918  | Solomon Levit
1918—1919  | Nikolai Kozitsky
1919—1920  | Stepan Kuznetsov
1920—1923  | Ter Mushek
1923—1925  | Alexander Muralov
1925—1926  | Grigory Amosov
1927—1929  | Ivan Kolpakov
1929—1930  | Klavdiya Zimina
1930—1931  | Andrey Kolochkov
1931—1934  | Alexei Grachev
1934—1937  | Rodion Semyonov
1937—1938  | Vasily Boronin
1938—1941  | Alexander Efimov
1941—1943  | Mikhail Sukhanov
1943—1950  | Alexander Shulpin
1950  | Nikolai Kochetkov
1951—1967  | Alexei Proskurin
1967—1974  | Alexander Sokolov
1975—1985  | Vladimir Erekhinskiy
1985—1988  | Yuri Marchenkov
1988—1990  | Vladimir Bodyakshin
1990—1991  | Omari Sharadze

## Mayors of the city in Russian Federation

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House of City Duma and City Administration in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin built in constructivist style Mayor  | Party[a] | Term  | Notes

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1  |  | Dmitry Bednyakov [ru] | Unaffiliated | 26 December 1991 — 29 March 1994  | Dismissed by president Yeltsin[4]
2  |  | Ivan Sklyarov | No data  | 1 April 1994 — June 1997  | Became 2nd Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (13 July 1997 – 5 August 2001)
—  |  | Vladimir Gorin | Unaffiliated | June 1997 — 29 March 1998  | Acting mayor
—  |  | Alexander Meleshkin [ru] | CPSU | 29 March 1998 — 10 October 1998  | Acting mayor
3  |  | Yury Lebedev (politician) [ru] | No data[b] | 10 October 1998 — 29 September 2002  |
4  |  | Vadim Bulavinov | United Russia[c] | 29 September 2002 — 25 October 2010  | Last mayor to be elected by popular vote
In 2010–2017, the city administration was divided between two positions: the Head of the city (mayor), who was in charge of the City Duma, and the Head of the city administration (city manager).
5  |  | Oleg Sorokin  | United Russia  | 25 October 2010 — 7 October 2015  | Was arrested in December 2017 for large bribery and sentenced for 10 years on 7 March 2019[5]
6  |  | Ivan Karnilin | United Russia  | 7 October 2015 — 24 May 2017  |
7  |  | Elizaveta Solonchenko | United Russia  | 21 June 2017[6] — 20 December 2017  | Arrested in absentia on 29 May 2020 for bribery. Now lives in Great Britain[7]
On 26 October 2017, a law was approved on the return of the "one-headed" system, in which the mayor chairs the city administration.[8]
8  |  | Vladimir Panov | United Russia  | 17 January 2018[9] — 6 May 2020  | Voluntary resigned[10]
—  |  | Yury Shalabayev  | United Russia  | 6 May 2020 — 28 October 2020  | Acting mayor
9  | 28 October 2020 — incumbent |

## Head of the city administration (2010 – 2017)

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Mayor  | Party[d] | Term  | Notes

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1  |  | Oleg Kondrashev [ru] | United Russia  | 3 December 2010 — 22 July 2015  | Arrested in absentia for bribery in 2019. Now lives in USA[11]
3  |  | Andrey Chertkov [ru] | United Russia  | 22 July 2015 — 23 December 2015  | Acting head
2  |  | Sergey Belov (politician) [ru] | United Russia  | 24 December 2015 — 18 October 2017  |
4  |  | Natalia Kazachkova [ru] | United Russia  | 18 October 2017 — 17 January 2017  | Acting head

## References

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1. ^ During their term
2. ^ Now United Russia
3. ^ Since 2004
4. ^ During their term

1. ^ "Дума Нижнего Новгорода выбрала Юрия Шалабаева главой города". stnmedia.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
2. ^ "В Нижнем Новгороде утвердили "одноглавную" систему управления". Российская газета (in Russian). 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
3. ^ "Елизавета Солонченко досрочно прекратила полномочия главы Нижнего Новгорода | "НТА Приволжье" Новости Н. Новгорода". nta-pfo.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
4. ^ Presidential Decree No. 598 On D.I. Bednyakov, 29 March 1994
5. ^ "Приговор экс-мэру Олегу Сорокину: История преступлений, мнения экспертов, доводы защиты". nnov.kp.ru (in Russian). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
6. ^ Elizaveta Solonchenko elected head of Nizhny Novgorod
7. ^ "Суд заочно арестовал экс-главу Нижнего Новгорода Солонченко по делу о взятке". tass.ru (in Russian). 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
8. ^ "В Нижнем Новгороде утвердили "одноглавную" систему управления". Российская газета (in Russian). 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
9. ^ "State Duma deputy Vladimir Panov elected as head of Nizhny Novgorod" (in Russian). www.niann.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
10. ^ "Глава Нижнего Новгорода Владимир Панов намерен оставить свой пост" (in Russian). tass.ru. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
11. ^ "Старые взятки с кладбища" (in Russian). www.kommersant.ru. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-16.