Saint Petersburg City Administration


Saint Petersburg City Administration is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny and known as the Government of Saint Petersburg.
The head of the administration is the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 1990 – 2006 the head of the city was elected by direct vote of the city residents. However, according to a Russian Federal Law accepted in 2004, the governor was proposed by the President of the Russian Federation and approved by the City Legislative Assembly until 2014, while in 2014 the governor was elected by popular vote of the city residents.

List of the heads of Leningrad / Saint Petersburg City Administration since 1991

See also List of heads of Saint Petersburg government.

Structure

The Administration consists of the Governor, the Government, The Governor's Chancellery, the city committees and the executive bodies of the districts subordinate to it.

Committees

The Government of Saint Petersburg is headed by the governor and includes also vice-governors, the head of the Committee for City Improvement and Roads, the head of the Committee for Press and Mass Media Cooperation, the head of the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade, the envoy of the governor to the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, the head of the Tsentralny District Administration and the Chief of the Main Directorate for Internal Affairs of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.

Vice-Governors

Former Vice-Governors: