The Mayor of Vilnius, officially the Mayor of the municipality of the city of Vilnius (Lithuanian: "Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės meras") is the head of the Lithuanian municipality of the city of Vilnius. The current incumbent is Valdas Benkunskas, following the 2023 Vilnius mayor elections.
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Overview
The legislative and local executive powers are exercised by the municipality council (Lithuanian: savivaldybės taryba) and the directly elected mayor.
The mayor is both a member and the chairman of the municipality's council. The mayor also proposes candidates to his deputies, the director of municipality administration, and the director's deputies.
History
The mayor's institution was established in 1990 and it replaced the city's executive committee chairman. From 1990 to 2015 the mayor had been elected by the city's council (since 1995 – city's municipality council). Between 1990 and 2003, the mayor was a member of the municipality's board, which performed executive functions.
Between 1995 and 2003 the mayor appointed (or fired) eldermen.
Since 2015 the mayor is elected directly in a two-round system by voters registered in the municipality.
Mayors
Michał Józef Römer – 1812
Afanasiy Yarzhembskiy – 1876-1883
Nikolay Rubtsov – 1884-1895
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Golubinov – 1893-1897
Pavel Vasilevich Berthold – 1897-1905
Michał Węsławski – 1905-1916
Marian Dziewicki – 1918-1919
Witold Abramowicz – 1919
Witold Antoni Bańkowski – 1919-1927
Józef Folejewski – 1927-1932
Wiktor Maleszewski – 1932-1939
Stasys Žymantas – 1941-1944
Vytautas Bernatonis – 1990–1993
Alis Vidūnas – 1995–1997
Algirdas Čiučelis – 1997
Rolandas Paksas – 1997–1999, 2000
Juozas Imbrasas – 1999–2000, 2007–2009
Artūras Zuokas – 2000–2003, 2003–2007, 2011–2015
Gediminas Paviržis – 2003
Vilius Navickas – 2009–2010
Raimundas Alekna – 2010–2011
Remigijus Šimašius – 2015-2023