Kyiv City State Administration (, commonly abbreviated as KMDA ) is the national-level branch of the

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that administers

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, the capital of

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. The current Head of the Kyiv City State Administration is

Vitali Klitschko Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,Mayor of Kyiv The Head of Kyiv City (), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (), is a city official elected by popular vote who serves as a head of the Kyiv city state administration (the capital of Ukraine) and a chairperson the Kyiv City Counc ...

.Poroshenko appoints Klitschko head of Kyiv city administration - decree

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(25 June 2014)Poroshenko orders Klitschko to bring title of best European capital back to Kyiv

(25 June 2014)

Special status

Kyiv is a "

city with special status A city with special status (), formerly a "city of republican subordinance", is a type of first-level administrative division of Ukraine. Kyiv and Sevastopol are the only two such cities. Their administrative status is recognized in the Ukrain ...

" () within Ukraine compared to the other administrative subdivisions of the country — the most significant difference is that the city is subordinated directly to the national-level branches of the Government of Ukraine, skipping the regional level authorities of

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

. Its special administrative status is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine and the ''Law on the local state administration'' and is governed in accordance with laws passed by Ukraine's parliament, the

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. Local government is carried out by

Kyiv City Council Kyiv City Council (, ), also known as Kyivrada (), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the M ...

and district councils, headed by their chairpersons who are elected from among the councilors. Although Kyiv is Ukraine's capital, the city also serves as the

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for

(

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). The oblast entirely surrounds the city, making it into an enclave. In addition, until 2020 Kyiv also served as the administrative center for the oblast's Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion (

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). According to the Constitution, the head of the Kyiv City State Administration should resign after a new President is elected.City Champion. How Klitschko kept Kyiv

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(30 January 2020)

2010 amendments

The

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amended the law on "The capital of Ukraine – hero city of Kyiv" on September 7, 2010, making it possible for the

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to appoint the (chairman) Head of Kyiv City Administration at his discretion. Before these amendments, the elected mayor of the

was automatically appointed also as head of the Kyiv City State Administration.Political Risks and Political Stability in Ukraine
UCIPR (October 2010) A Presidential decree relieved (then)

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of the office of "Head of the Kyiv State Administration", while still preserving the post of mayor. This led to Chernovetsky being deprived of any official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to the Head of Kyiv City Administration.Popov: Activity of city council and city head limited

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(February 1, 2011)Party of Regions leader: 'Pre-term mayoral elections in Kyiv are pointless'

(November 18, 2011)

Oleksandr Popov Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov (; born 22 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, former head of the Kyiv City State Administration. Biography He graduated Tyumen Civil Engineering Institute and Higher School of the KGB in Kyiv. From ...

was then appointed as Head of Kyiv City Administration by President

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on 16 November 2010. On 14 December 2013 President Yanukovych suspended Popov.Yanukovych suspends Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and Deputy NSDC Secretary Sivkovych from office, say decrees

(14 December 2013)Deputy NSDC Head Sivkovych, Kyiv City Administration Head Popov and two top officials of Kyiv police suspected of abuse of power during events on Maidan on Nov 30, says prosecutor general

(14 December 2013) The same day the

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's Office handed "a notification on suspicion of abuse of power when ordering the

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police actions of 30 November 2013" out to Popov and Anatoliy Holubchenko was appointed as

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Head of Kyiv City Administration.Янукович відсторонив Попова з посади голови КМДА ''Yanukovych dismissed Popov as head of Kyiv City State Administration''

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(14 December 2013)The opposition demanded an early appointment of the date of elections of Kyiv mayor and Kyiv city council
, Ukrainian National News (14 December 2013) On 24 December 2013 Holubchenko stated that he regularly met with (his predecessor) Popov. Volodymyr Makeyenko was appointed Head of Kyiv City Administration on 25 January 2014 by President Yanukovych. The same day Popov was fired as Head of Kyiv City Administration.Yanukovych fires Kyiv City Administration head Popov, appoints MP Makeyenko

(25 January 2014) Acting President

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dismissed Makeyenko from the post of the head of Kyiv City State Administration on 7 March 2014 and gave the post to Volodymyr Bondarenko (Then) newly elected President

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appointed on 25 June 2014

since 5 June 2014.Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kyiv mayor

(5 June 2014)

List of heads

* 1990–1991 Hryhoriy Malyshevsky (from Boryspil Raion) (as head of city executive committee, simultaneously city's mayor) ** 1991–1992 Oleksandr Mosiyuk (from

Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...

) (as acting head of city executive committee, simultaneously acting city's mayor) * March 1992 Ivan Dankevych (from Bobrovytsia Raion) (as head of city executive committee) * March 1992–April 1993 Ivan Saliy (from Ichnia Raion) (as Presidential representative and city's governor) ** April 1993 Ivan Dankevych (from Bobrovytsia Raion) (as acting) * April 1993–July 1994 Leonid Kosakivsky (from Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion) (as Presidential representative) * July 1995–July 1996 Leonid Kosakivsky (from Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion) (as Head of Kyiv City Administration) (mayor in 1994–1998) * August 1996–April 2006 Oleksandr Omelchenko (from Lypovets Raion) (as Head of Kyiv City Administration) (mayor in 1999–2006) * April 2006–November 2010

Leonid Chernovetskyi Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi (; born 25 November 1951) is a former Mayor of Kyiv, the capital (city), capital of Ukraine, from 2006 until the summer of 2012. He was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex ...

(from

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

) (as Head of Kyiv City Administration) (mayor in 2006–2012) * November 2010–December 2013

(from Kryvyi Rih) (as Head of Kyiv City Administration) ** December 2013–January 2014 Anatoliy Holubchenko (from

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) (acting) * January 25, 2014 – March 7, 2014 Volodymyr Makeyenko (from

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) (as Head of Kyiv City Administration) * March 7, 2014 – June 25, 2014 Volodymyr Bondarenko * June 25, 2014 - March 1, 2022

Vitali Klitschko Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv, (mayor in 2014–present) * March 1, 2022 - October 21, 2022 Mykola Zhyrnov (head of Kyiv City Military Administration) * since October 21, 2022 Serhiy Popko (head of Kyiv City Military Administration)

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Special status

2010 amendments

List of heads

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