List of mayors of Mariupol

Last updated February 08, 2024

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Mariupol . It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.

Mayors

Russian Empire

#	Name	Ukrainian Name	Term
1	Stepan Vyalikov	Степан В'яликов	1778–1779
2	Mykhaiil Khadzhi	Михаїл Хаджі	1780–1782
3	Spyrydon Iliiw Khadzhi	Спиридон Ільїв Хаджі	1782–1785
4	Ivan Horlenskyj	Іван Горленський	1788–1790
5	Leontii Fedorovych Kaleri [ de ]	Леонтій Федорович Калері	1797–1800
6	Yakym Solotorov	Яким Золоторьов	around 1820
7	Ivan Antonovych Chebanenko	Іван Антонович Чебаненко	1846–1852
8	Stepan Yakymovych Solotarov	Степан Якимович Золотарьов	1857–1858
9	Illia Leontiiovych Popov	Ілля Леонтійович Попов	1858–1860
10	Safronii Kostiantynovych Karamanov	Сафроній Костянтинович Караманов	1860–1861
11	Oleksii Yuriiovych Popov	Олексій Юрійович Попов	1861–1863
12	Oleksandr Davydovych Kharadzhaiev [ de; uk ]	Олександр Давидович Хараджаєв	1864–1866
13	Yakym Hryhorovych Attarinov	Яким Григорович Аттарінов	1866–1867
14	Oleksandr Dmytrovych Trandafilov	Олександр Дмитрович Трандафілов	1872–1876
15	Anton Ivanovych Chebanenko	Антон Іванович Чебаненко	?-1883
16	Andrii Leontiiovych Melekov	Андрій Леонтійович Мелеков	1884–1886
17	Stefan Fedorovych Horbachov	Стефан Федорович Горбачов	1888–1891
18	Andrii Leontiiovych Melekov	Андрій Леонтійович Мелеков	1892–1895
19	Ivan Oleksiiovich Popov [ de ]	Іван Олексійович Попов	1896–Sept. 1917
20	Hromenko	Громенко	March 1917– Apr. 1917
21	Yakiv Yakovych Koval	Яків Якович Коваль	May 1917– Oct. 1917

Soviet Union

#	Name	Ukrainian Name	Term	Notes
22	Vasyl Panasovych Varhanov [ ru ]	Василь Панасович Варганов	Oct. 1917– Dec. 1917
23	V. T. Baliasov	Балясов	Jan. 1918
24	Ivan Oleksiiovych Popov	Іван Олексійович Попов	Apr. 1918– Nov. 1918
25	H. Ya. Sposobin	Г. Я. Способін	Nov. 1918– Jan. 1919
26	Ivan Oleksiiovych Popov	Іван Олексійович Попов	Jan. 1919– Feb. 1919
27	Kh. I. Danylov	Х. І. Данилов	Feb. 1919– March 1919
28	Heorhii Antonovych Makedon [ ru ]	Георгій Антонович Македон	March 1919– May 1919
29	Kh. I. Danylov	Х. І. Данилов	May 1919– Jan. 1920
30	B. Shyshkov	Б. Шишков	Jan. 1920– March 1921
31	Vasyl Rodionovych Morhunov	Василь Родіонович Моргунов	Mrz. 1921– Aug. 1922
32	Kuzma Sakharovych Poliakov	Кузьма Захарович Поляков	Aug. 1922– Nov. 1923
33	Mykola Hryhorovych Chudnenko [ de; ru ]	Микола Григорович Чудненко	Nov. 1923– May 1925
34	Volodymyr Nykyforovych Bohutskyi [ de; uk ]	Володимир Никифорович Богуцький	May 1925– March 1927
35	Maksym Ivanovych Vitolin [ uk ]	Максим Іванович Вітолін	March 1927– Jan. 1928
36	Stovbur	Стовбур	Jan. 1928–Dez. 1929
37	Maksym Fedorovych Nezhyvyi [ uk ]	Максим Федорович Неживий	1932
38	Yevliev	Ієвлєв	March 1933
39	Yastrzhembskyj	Ястржембський	Apr. 1933
40	Heorhii Yukhymovych Holyshev [ uk ]	Георгій Юхимович Голишев	1935^[1]
41	Ivan Kyrylovych Tretiakov	Іван Кирилович Третьяков	1939
42	Hofmann		1942	German Military Commander of Mariupol
43	Michael		1943	German Military Commander of Mariupol
44	Ivan Kyrylovych Tretiakov	Іван Кирилович Третьяков	1943–Jun. 1946
45	Yakiv Tymofiiovych Nekhtiienko	Яків Тимофійович Нехтієнко	Jan. 1945– Apr. 1946
46	Sinko	Сінько	1946
47	Nazar Lvovych Kudriavtsev	Назар Львович Кудрявцев	Aug. 1946– 22 Oct. 1948
47	Nazar Lvovych Kudriavtsev	Назар Львович Кудрявцев	22 Oct. 1948 –1950
48	Oleksii Oleksandrovych Skydskyi	Олексій Олександрович Скидський	1950–Oct. 1953
49	Oleksii Illich Lyhachov	Олексій Ілліч Лигачов	Oct. 1953– Sep. 1958
50	Oleksandr Andriiovych Raschupkin	Олександр Андрійович Расчупкін	Oct. 1958– Aug. 1964
51	Vladyslav Pavlovych Honcharenko	Владислав Павлович Гончаренко	Aug. 1964–1967
52	Borys Kachura (1930–2007)	Борис Васильович Качура	1967–1968
53	Yurii Fedorovych Sannykov	Юрій Федорович Санников	1968– May 1977
54	Viktor Hryhorovych Kucherenko [ uk; de ](1931–1996)	Віктор Григорович Кучеренко	May 1977– May 1980
55	Oleksandr Mykhailovych Zozulia	Олександр Михайлович Зозуля	May 1980– March 1990

Ukraine

#	Name	Ukrainian Name	Term		Notes
56	Stanislav Herasymovych Kosheliev	Станіслав Герасимович Кошелєв	April 1990– December 1990
57	Yuriy Khotlubei (1944–)	Юрій Юрійович Хотлубєй	December 1990– June 1994
58	Mykhailo Pozhyvanov (1960–)	Михайло Олександрович Поживанов	June 1994– 8 July 1997	independent
58	Mykhailo Pozhyvanov (1960–)	Михайло Олександрович Поживанов	June 1994– 8 July 1997	Liberal Party of Ukraine
Mariupol Council of People's Deputies transformed into mayoral office with 9 July 1997
58	Mykhailo Pozhyvanov (1960–)	Михайло Олександрович Поживанов	9 July 1997– March 1998	Liberal Party of Ukraine
58	Mykhailo Pozhyvanov (1960–)	Михайло Олександрович Поживанов	9 July 1997– March 1998	Reforms and Order Party
59	Yuriy Khotlubei (1944–)	Юрій Юрійович Хотлубєй	29 March 1998– 14 December 2015^[2]	Party of Regions	First term (1998–2002) + second term (2002–2006)
					Third term (2006–2010) + Fourth term (2010–2014)
					Fifth term
60	Vadym Boychenko (1977–)	Вадим Сергійович Бойченко	since 15 December 2015	independent	First Term (15 December 2015–October 2020)
60	Vadym Boychenko (1977–)	Вадим Сергійович Бойченко	since 15 December 2015	Block Vadym Boychenko	Second Term (since October 2020)^[3] (de jure, Ukrainian administration)^[4]

Donetsk People's Republic


#	Name	Term		Ref
	Dmitriy Kuzmenko	2014 (de facto)		^[5]
61	Konstantin Ivashchenko	2022–2023 (de facto, DPR administration)	Opposition Platform — For Life	^[6]
62	Oleg Morgun	2023 (de facto, DPR administration)		^[7]

First Secretary

Name	Ukrainian Name	Term
Oleksii Illich Lyhachov	Олексій Ілліч Лигачов	Nov. 1953
Kostiantyn Yakymovych Oliinychenko [ uk ]	Костянтин Якимович Олійниченко	Nov. 1953–1963
Dmytro Artemovych Nikitin	Дмитро Артемович Нікітін	1963–1966
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Tsybulko [ uk; de ]	Володимир Михайлович Цибулько	1966–1968
Borys Kachura (1930–2007)	Борис Васильович Качура	1968–1974
Volodymyr Ivanovych Zharkov [ uk; de ]	Володимир Іванович Жарков	1974–1984
Oleksandr Bulyanda [ uk ]	Олександр Олексійович Булянда	1984–1985
Stanislav Petrovych Kusenin [ uk; de ]	Станіслав Петрович Кузенін	1985–1989
Yuriy Khotlubei (1944–)	Юрій Юрійович Хотлубєй	Jun. 1989–Jun. 1990

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[1] "Збірник законів та розпоряджень робітничо-селянського уряду України за 1935 рік". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 1936. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-04-09.

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[3] "Boychenko re-elected as mayor". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-04-12.

[4] "City government: mayor". mariupolrada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018.

[5] "After Eastern Ukrainian Steel Magnate Flexes Muscle, Barricades Fall". All Things Considered. 16 May 2014. NPR. Retrieved 2022-04-18.

[6] "The siege of Mariupol". France 24. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-17.

[7] "Глава Мариуполя Константин Иващенко ушёл в отставку". Life.ru (in Russian). 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

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