| Mayor of Kharkiv | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the City of Kharkiv | |
| Seat | Kharkiv City Council |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Yevhen Kushnaryov |
| Formation | 15 May 1990 |
| Website | Website of the Kharkiv mayor |
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kharkiv , Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the Kharkiv City Council's executive committee.
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Stefanovych Serhiy Hryhorovych | 1917 | 1918 | Socialist Revolutionary Party |
| 2 | | Aga-Bekov V.A. | 19 December 1918 | 1919 | Socialist Revolutionary Party |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Saltykov Nikolai Nikolaevich | October 1919 | December 1919 | Constitutional Democratic Party |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Yevhen Kushnaryov | 6 April 1990 | April 1998 | Independent |
| People's Democratic Party | |||||
| 2 |  | Mykhaylo Pylypchuk | April 1998 | 21 March 2002 | Independent |
| 3 | | Volodymyr Shumilkin | 21 March 2002 | 26 March 2006 | Independent |
| 4 |  | Mykhailo Dobkin | 26 March 2006 | 18 March 2010 | Party of Regions |
| 5 |  | Hennadiy Kernes | 24 November 2010 | 17 December 2020 [1] | |
| Revival | |||||
| Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv | |||||
| 6 |  | Ihor Terekhov | 11 November 2021 | Incumbent |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ihor Terekhov | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv | 146,240 | 50,66 | ||
| Mykhailo Dobkin | Independent | 82,008 | 28,41 | ||
| Oleksandr Skoryk | European Solidarity | 15,462 | 5,36 | ||
| Konstantin Nemychev | Independent | 12,258 | 4,25 | ||
| Total | 288,654 | 100,00 | |||
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