Mayor

A mayor (from the Latin (language) ''maīor'', meaning "larger","greater") is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipality. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs as to the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means of becoming mayor. The French language form of the word is ''maire''. In Germany and the Low Countries the chief town magistrate is called "burgomaster" (German language ''B�rgermeister'', Dutch language ''burgemeester''; French-speaking parts of Belgium use ''bourgmestre''), in Italy ''sindaco'', in Bohemia ''starosta'' and in Spain ''alcalde'', a term derived from a Moors post. In the United States, mayors are usually elected by the citizens of a locality for a fixed term. They generally share power with a local legislative body, such as a city council. Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager. In Salt Lake County in the U.S. state of Utah there is a county mayor. Additionally, the chief executives of all counties in Tennessee and Hawaii are referred to as "mayors". However, these persons are elected, not appointed, to that office. In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term. In most provinces, the Mayor operates under a weak-mayor system in which the Mayor sits as a member of the municipal council. In such systems, the Mayor has one vote, in common with all other members of Council and no executive powers. In rural municipalities, the head of Council may have the title ''reeve'' as opposed to ''mayor''. In several other countries, mayors are often appointed by some branch of the federal or regional government. In some cities, subdivisions such as arrondissements or boroughs may have their own mayors; this is the case, for example, with Paris and Mexico City. In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largely ceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London. Thirty other cities in the United Kingdom have Lord Mayors, or, in Scotland, Lord Provosts. ==History== In spite of its etymology, "mayor" was not a Ancient Rome office. It came into use in the large entourages that followed the barbarian leaders who succeeded to the power of the Emperor of the West. The male officer who governed a king or duke's peripatetic household was the ''major domus'', the "major domo" . In the households of the Merovingian Frankish kings, the major domus, or ''praefectus palatii'' ("prefect of the palace"), gained such power that, in the person of Pippin of Herstal, he ended by evicting his master. He was the "mayor of the palace". ==Mayors of the World== ===Albania=== *List of mayors of Tirana ===Argentina=== *List of mayors of Lobos ===Australia=== *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Brisbane *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Hobart *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth *List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney ===Austria=== *List of mayors of Vienna ===Belgium=== *List of Mayors of Antwerp *List of Mayors of Brussels ===Brazil=== *Mayors in Brazil *List of Mayors of Rio de Janeiro *List of Mayors of S�o Paulo ===Canada=== *'':Category:Lists of Canadian mayors'' *''List of mayors in Canada'' *List of mayors of Brantford, Ontario *List of mayors of Calgary, Alberta *List of Edmonton mayors *List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia *List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario *List of mayors of London, Ontario *List of mayors of Mississauga, Ontario *List of Montreal mayors *List of Ottawa mayors *List of mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan *List of mayors of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan *List of mayors of Thunder Bay, Ontario *List of Toronto mayors *List of mayors of Vancouver *List of mayors of Victoria, British Columbia *List of mayors of Winnipeg, Manitoba *List of mayors of Windsor, Ontario *List of mayors of Quebec City, Quebec ===Germany=== *List of mayors of Berlin *List of mayors of Bremen *List of mayors of Hamburg ===Ireland=== *Lord Mayor of Dublin *Lord Mayor of Cork *Mayors of Galway City ===Mexico=== *Mayor of Mexico City ===New Zealand=== *Mayors of New Zealand ===Spain=== *List of Mayors of Barcelona ===United Kingdom=== *Mayors in the United Kingdom *Mayor of London, also Lord Mayor of London *Mayor of Warrington ===United States=== The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years from 1946 to 2004 as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. *List of mayors of Washington, D.C. *List of mayors of Akron, Ohio *List of mayors of Baltimore *List of mayors of Boise *List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts *List of mayors of Chicago *List of Mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio *List of mayors of Cleveland, Ohio *List of mayors of Coon Rapids, Minnesota *List of mayors of Dallas *List of mayors of Dayton, Ohio *List of mayors of Denver *List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan *List of mayors of Fort Wayne *List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan *Mayor of Honolulu *List of Mayors of Houston, Texas *List of mayors of Las Vegas, Nevada *List of mayors of Littleton, Colorado *List of mayors of Los Angeles, California *List of mayors of Memphis *List of mayors of Milwaukee *List of mayors of Minneapolis *List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee *List of mayors of New York City *List_of_mayors_of_Omaha *List of mayors of Oakland, California *List of mayors of Philadelphia *List of mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina *List of mayors of Sacramento *List of mayors of Salt Lake City *List of Mayors of San Francisco, California *List of mayors of Seattle *List of mayors of Tampa, Florida *List of mayors of Vancouver, Washington ==See also== *:Category:Leaders of cities in the United States ==Related articles and lists== *council-manager government *mayor-council government Chief executives Lists of mayors Management occupations Titles Mayors

Mayor

In Tennessee, the chief executive of each county is also referred to as a "mayor". This has been the case for several decades in Nashville, which is a consolidated city-county {"Metropolitan Government"), but also in Memphis-Shelby County, which is not -- the mayor of Memphis and the Mayor of Shelby County are separate people. The two small consolidated city-counties, Lynchburg-Moore County and Hartsville-Trousdale County, have also had this styling since they adopted this form of government. A couple of years ago it was decided to adopt this styling for the heads of all of the other counties, also, replacing the cumbersome "county executive" which was seldom used, perhaps in an attempt to end the use of "county judge" and "county judge-executive", which have had no legal standing since 1978 but which continued to be used. Before adding it to this article, I would really like to know if that is used in other states for the chief executive of a county, and if so which ones. User:Rlquall 6 Aug 2004 23:15 UTC

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