Lord Mayor

Mayor is an official name for heads of governments of major cities in Germany.

  • 3.1 United Kingdom
  • 3.2 Other States

Situation

In many major cities ( cities, urban districts and urban districts, major district towns as well as large independent cities, medium cities and many large county's towns ) the head of the administration bears the official title of Lord Mayor (or Mayor ). In addition, there are usually one or more other, this subordinate mayor and department heads responsible for specific topics. This can be directly related to the population of the city (Baden- Württemberg: from 20,000 inhabitants, Saarland: from 30,000 inhabitants) or with a partly historical reasons specific designation of the city ( Bavaria district town, some with less than 20,000 inhabitants) are related. In North Rhine -Westphalia is only available in urban districts Lord Mayor, which leads, for example, that the city of Neuss ( 151,000 inhabitants) is performed in the Rhein- Kreis Neuss by a mayor. In Lübeck ( 211,500 inhabitants), the mayor is, traditionally non mayor, but the mayor. This tradition shares the Hanseatic city with the much smaller Wismar.

These and other details - such as the question of who chooses the mayor - are regulated differently depending on the province and in the appropriate municipal code.

When the Lord Mayor of the main administrative officer of the city council is also the name of the city administration authority " The Mayor ".

City-states

In Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg the title of Lord Mayor is not used. The head of the city government are called there, " Mayor and President of the Senate" (Bremen), " Mayor " (Hamburg) and " Mayor " (Berlin). For them, there is the peculiarity that they perform a dual function: they are in addition to their position in local government at the same time the head of state governments. For the mayor of Bremerhaven is not true; it bears the official title of Lord Mayor.

Situation in other States

  • In Denmark there is only one Borg Over Mester, namely the capital Copenhagen.
  • In the Czech Republic is called the Mayor Primátor and is the mayor of a statutory city.
  • In the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria, each municipality has only one mayor. Mayor there is not there.
  • The Swedish language knows the expression Överborgmästare; but how Borgmästare he is only used on translations of foreign municipal official titles. The people's representatives in the Swedish municipalities elect a parish council ( kommunstyrelse ) of usually 9-15 people. This is headed by a chairman, who is thus a kind of supreme representative of the city. This Chairman and partly also other members of the municipal council often also hold the post of a municipal council ( Kommunalråd ). These are political office holders who are employed for this work in the community in part time or full time. In some municipalities they also concrete topics are assumed unless the chairman often revert to the Treasury. Often the opposition appoint at least one Kommunalråd, but which is then without jurisdiction. In Stockholm, a slightly different system is employed. There are the Office of the borgarråd, each of which a certain department ( rotel ) is assumed. The opposition parties shall each appoint a Oppositionsborgarråd without department. Chairman of the city government which is the highest representative of the city is usually responsible for the Finance Finansborgarråd. The breakdown between district mayor and mayor does not exist in Sweden; Swedish cities have no directly elected borough councilors, only district committees.
  • In Finland, the mayor ( kaupunginjohtaja ) capital Helsinki by the Finnish President the title ylipormestari (German high mayor) generally receives.
  • In Australia it is a political office. Australian cities with a Lord Mayor are Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong.
  • In Canada, the Niagara- on-the -Lake as only a Lord Mayor. The background of this feature are not entirely clear. According to legend, the title should have been awarded because the city, the first capital of Upper Canada, until 1841 was a British colony. However, the use of the title is occupied until the 1920s. It is prescribed by law only since 1969.

In English-speaking countries

  • In the UK and other English speaking countries, there is the title of the Lord Mayor, if the holder a seat and vote in the upper house ( roughly comparable to the government of the three German city-states ), in contrast to a Mayor, the head of the other cities.

In English-speaking countries of the Lord Mayor is the mayor of some cities, but the most perceives only ceremonial functions. The best known example is the Lord Mayor of London. The political tasks assigned to a directly elected Mayor in the rule.

Great Britain

There are currently 30 British cities have a Lord Mayor:

Other States

  • In Australia, there is an office which is also equipped with political power. Cities with Lord Mayors are Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and Wollongong.
  • In Canada, Niagara-on -the-Lake is the only city with a Lord Mayor, as a reminder of the status as the first capital of Upper Canada.
  • In Ireland, Cork and Dublin have a Lord Mayor, which corresponds to the tradition in the UK. Ireland is an exception: the ' Lord Mayor of Dublin ' is Chairman of the ' Dublin City Council '; the ' Lord Mayor of Cork ' is Chairman of the ' Cork City Council '.
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