Nicosia Municipality ( el, Δήμος Λευκωσίας, ''Dimos Lefkosias''; tr, Lefkoşa Belediyesi) is the

municipal government A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

which is responsible for all the municipal duties of the southern part of

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

History

The municipal council was elected according to the Municipal Ordinance of 1882, and the District Commissioner with one Greek and one Turkish adviser undertook municipal affairs since November 1884. In 1930, the municipal legislation which made the new corporations liable to government audit, was enacted. However, after the 1931 uprising, the municipal councils were supplemented by government appointees. The municipal elections introduced again in 1943. Until 1958, the Town Clerk held the authority over a team of Greek and Turkish employees who undertook municipal fairs for the whole city. After 1974, it is responsible for all the municipal duties on the southern part of Nicosia.

Office

The first municipal office was at Chariklia Argirides in Nea Agora area. In 1897 the municipal offices moved to the house of Efrosini Tarsi at the

Ledra Street Ledra Street ( el, Οδός Λήδρας ''Odos Lidras''; tr, Ledra Caddesi) is a major shopping thoroughfare in central Nicosia, Cyprus, which links North Nicosia, the part of the city under the control of the ''de facto'' Northern Cyprus, and ...

, then moved to a place where it became called Municipality Square, then temporarily moved to a building in the cabaret of Luna Park on the Bastion Davila, overlooking

Eleftheria Square Eleftheria Square ( el, Πλατεία Ελευθερίας; tr, Eleftheria Meydanı, Özgürlük Meydanı); literally meaning Liberty Square, is the main square in central Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, in Europe. It forms the intersecti ...

in 1944.

Gallery

File:NICOSIA,_11_AUGUST,_2011_114.jpg, Nicosia Town Hall façade File:NICOSIA,_11_AUGUST,_2011_118.jpg, Nicosia Town Hall Building (detail) File:NICOSIA,_11_AUGUST,_2011_117.jpg, Nicosia Town Hall (detail) File:NICOSIA,_11_AUGUST,_2011_122.jpg, Nicosia Town Hall with Tower 25 in the background during 2011

Mayors (1959-present)

*Diomedes Skettos, 1959–1960. *George M. Spanos, 1960–1964. *Odysseas Ioannides, 1964–1970. *Lellos Demetriades, 1971–1974. *Christoforos Kithreotis, August 1974. *Lellos Demetriades, October 1974 – 2001. *

Michael Zampelas Michael Herodotou Zampelas (19 March 1937 – 15 May 2019) was a Cypriot businessman, politician and philanthropist. Career Michael Zampelas, a Cypriot by birth was educated in the United Kingdom and became a Chartered Accountant in 1965. ...

, 2002–2006. *

Eleni Mavrou Eleni Mavrou (, ) is the Executive Chairman of Dialogos Media Group. She served as Minister of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus until February 2013. Until 2011, she was the mayor of the capital city Nicosia for 5 years. Thus, Ms Mavrou became t ...

, 2007–2011. *Constantinos Yiorkadjis 2011–present

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