Zaporizhzhia City Council
Zaporizhzhia City Council Запорізька міська рада | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Vacant |
Secretary | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 64 |
[1] | |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Proportional representation | |
Last election | 25 October 2020 |
Next election | 2025 (May be postponed due to martial law in Ukraine) |
| Meeting place | |
| 206 Sobornyi Avenue, Zaporizhzhia 47°51′06″N 35°07′01″E / 47.85167°N 35.11694°E | |
| Website | |
| zp | |
The Zaporizhzhia City Council (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhzhia, a city of regional significance located in southeast Ukraine.[2] Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
Government
The Zaporizhzhia City Council is the municipal council governing the city of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine. In the last election in 2020, independent candidate for mayor Volodymyr Buryak won the mayoral election, and became the secretary of the city council.[3] However, he later resigned from his post in September 2021 for health reasons.[4]
Before 2020, the city council consisted of 90 locally-elected deputies.[5] Following the 2020 administrative reform, the council now has 64 deputies.[6]
Administrative divisions
The Zaporizhzhia City Council contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):[7]
- Zavodskyi District
- Khortytskyi District
- Komunarskyi District
- Dniprovskyi District
- Oleksandrivskyi District
- Voznesenskyi District
- Shevchenkivskyi District
The former urban-type settlement of Teplychne (Ukrainian: Тепличне) was previously a settlement council and an administrative unit of the Shevchenko Raion, although it was annexed to Zaporizhzhia's city limits based on a resolution of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council dated 23 April 2009.[8]
References
- ^ "Депутатські фракції" (in Ukrainian). Zaporizhzhia City Council.
- ^ "City of Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Буряк Володимир Вікторович" (in Ukrainian). Політ Хаб.
- ^ "Депутати підтримали дострокове припинення повноважень міського голови". Zaporizhzhia City Council. 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Zaporizhzhia City Council". Local elections 2010 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Як змінився склад Запорізької міськради" (in Ukrainian). Chesno.org. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021.
- ^ "City of Zaporizhzhia (raions of cities)". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Card of the resolution". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
External links
- "Main". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhzhia City Government. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Media related to Zaporizhia at Wikimedia Commons