The Executive Mayor of Bulawayo is the executive of the government of

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council cl ...

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. The Mayor is a member of the Bulawayo City Council, and is assisted by a

deputy mayor The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, or mayor ''pro tem'') is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments. Duties and functions Many elected dep ...

. The Mayor uses the style "

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". The current mayor is

Solomon Mguni Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah ( Hebrew: , Modern: , Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yah"), was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and succe ...

since 2018.

History

Bulawayo's first mayor, Isidore Hirschler, took office on 25 November 1897. In 1981, following

's independence from the

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, Bulawayo's first black mayor, Naison Ndlovu, took office.

List of mayors

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References

Lists of political office-holders in Zimbabwe Bulawayo *