Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
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since 27 March 2004 | |
Style | The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor |
Appointer | Council of the City of Sydney |
Term length | 4 years, renewable indefinitely (Since 1995) |
Inaugural holder | Charles Windeyer (Mayor) Sir Thomas Hughes (Lord Mayor) |
Formation | 1842 (as Mayor) 1902 (as Lord Mayor) |
Deputy | Robert Kok |
Website | Lord Mayor of Sydney |
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has been directly elected since 1995, replacing the previous system of being internally elected annually by the Councillors, and serves a four-year term. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, at which the incumbent Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, was re-elected to a fifth term. The Lord Mayor is assisted in their work by a Deputy Lord Mayor, who is elected on an annual basis by the elected councillors.