Mayor of Minsk

Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee
Старшыня Мінскага гарадскога выканаўчага камітэта (Belarusian)
Председатель Минского городского исполнительного комитета (Russian)
Coat of arms of Minsk
since 3 September 2020
Residence8 Independence Avenue, Minsk[1]
AppointerPresidential appointment
Inaugural holderIvan Chodkiewicz
Formation1496
March 1917
Websiteminsk.gov.be (Archived)

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Lukashenko appoints new Minsk mayor". Official website of the Republic of Belarus. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "New Minsk mayor appointed". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Minsk before 1917". JewishGen. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ^ "The Relation Between Belarus and the Russian Empire". G4 Tours. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2023.


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