The following is a list of the mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration, covering the period from 1786 to the present day. Originally the city was known as Yekaterinoslav. Dnipro is Ukraine's third largest city with over a million inhabitants, and is a major industrial and financial centre.
The position was established sometime in 1786 when the city merchant Ivan Shevelyov was elected the first head of the city. Since 1999 the city's chief administration position (city mayor) is elected by popular vote and officially known as Head of the city.
Name of the position
1786 - 1917 Head of the city
1917 - 1941 unknown (either Head of the city's council or executive committee) 1943 - 1998 Head of the city's executive committee (according to the city's web portal) 1999 - present Head of the city (City mayor)
Russian Empire
Yekaterinoslav
Novorossiysk
Yekaterinoslav
Ukraine
(Ukrainian People's Republic)
Ukrainian SSR
Dnepropetrovsk / Dnipropetrovsk
Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro
See also
Dnipro history
History of Dnipro city (in German)