Mayor of Lviv


The following is a list of mayors of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.

Mayors

Beginnings of local self-government

Soon after Lviv's foundation in the mid-13th century, the city became the capital of Galicia-Volhynia. After the granting of Magdeburg rights in the late 13th century, the position of mayor, then known as wójt was introduced. The first known person on this position was Berthold Stecher, an ethnic German who served as the head of Lviv's local government around 1300.

Prominent mayors (''burmistrz''">burgomaster">''burmistrz'') during the Polish rule">Crown of the Kingdom of Poland">Polish rule

Burgomasters

  • Marcin Mercenier
  • Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier
  • - organized a "Festival of Peace" in 1814, dedicated to the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Jan Hoffman
  • Johann Homme - during his tenure in 1826 the tower of the old town hall collapsed, killing several people; the new town hall was erected on the site in 1827-1835
  • Emil Gerard Festenburg
  • 1848
  • Karol Höpflingen-Bergendorf

  • Presidents of Lviv

According to a new city statute adopted in 1870, the position of burgomaster was replaced with the post of president, the holder of which was elected by members of the city council

Presidents

Soviet occupation
  • Fyodor Jeremenko
German occupation

Heads of Lviv City Executive Committee

After Lviv was incorporated into the USSR, the position of the president of Lviv, elected by the City Council, was abolished. The city was ruled by the chairman of the Presidium of the Lviv City Council.
After the establishment of independent Ukraine, until 1998 the modified system of the Soviet Union was preserved. Since 1998, the mayor of Lviv, elected in direct democratic elections, is also the chairman of the executive committee of the City Council and the chairman of the Lviv City Council.