# List of mayors of Kharkiv

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.

## Mayors
### Before 1918

| No. | Name | In office |
| 1 | Hukovsky Pavlo | 1767 — 1768 |
| 2 | Afanasyev Fedor | 1768 — 1778 |
| 3 | Artyukhov Petro Ivanovych | 1778 — 1784 |
| 4 | Karpov Artemiy | 1784 — 1789 |
| 5 | Pavlov Alexander | 1790 — 1791 |
| 6 | Tambovtsev Alexei | 1791 — 1793 |
| 7 | Anikeev Andrey | 1793 — 1796 |
| 8 | Butenko (Butenkov) Mykhailo | 1796 — 1799 |
| 9 | Uryupin Yegor Egorovich | 1799 — 1805 |
| 10 | Anikeev Andrey | 1805 — 1808 |
| 11 | Karpov Fedot Dorofiyovych | 1808 — 1811 |
| 12 | Lamakin Vasyl Mykhailovych | 1811 — 1823 |
| 13 | Krivorotov Grigory | 1823 — 1828 |
| 14 | Motuzkov Anton | 1829 — 1834 |
| 15 | Kovalev Dmitry | 1834 — 1837 |
| 16 | Karpov Serhiy Fedotovych | 1838 |
| 17 | Fedor Vasilyevich Bazylevsky | 1838 — 1839 |
| 18 | Klimov Andrey Pavlovich | 1839 — 1840 |
| 19 | Mikhail Petrovich Kotlyarov | 1841 |
| 20 | Grinchenko (Grinchenkov) Gabriel | 1841 — 1843 |
| 21 | Rudakov Fedor Mikhailovich | 1844 — 1846 |
| 22 | Kotlyarov Mikhail Petrovich | 1846 — 1847 |
| 23 | Ryzhov Ivan Ivanovich | 1847 — 1849 |
| 24 | Rudakov Alexei Mikhailovich | 1850 — 1852 |
| 25 | Kostyurin Serhiy Kindratovych | 1852 — 1858 |
| 26 | Severin Alexander Matviyovych | 1859 — 1861 |
| 27 | Skrynnyk Oleksiy Oleksandrovych | 1861 — 1867 |
| 28 | Shatunov Mykola Dmytrovych | 1867 — 1870 |
| 29 | Gordienko Yegor Stepanovych | 1871 — 1873 |
| 30 | Chepelkin Alexei Dmitrievich | 1874 — 1875 |
| 31 | Kovalev Alexander Yevgenyevich | 1875 — 1884 |
| 32 | Fesenko Ivan Yosypovych | 1884 — 1891 |
| 33 | Shchelkov Vladimir Petrovich | 1892 — 1893 |
| 34 | Ivan Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1893 — 1900 |
| 35 | Pogorilko Alexander Konstantinovich [uk] | 1900 — 1912 |
| 36 | Budberg Roman Yuliyovych | 1913 |
| 37 | Dorofeev Mykola Yevdokymovych | 1913 — 1914 |
| 38 | Ivan Mykhailovych Bych-Lubensky [uk] | 1914 |
| 39 | Dmytro Bahalii | 1914 — 1917 |
| 40 | Stefanovych Serhiy Hryhorovych | 1917 — 1918 |

### As part of the independent Ukrainian state, 1918

| 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 |

### Under the control of the Armed Forces of South Russia, 1919

| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
| 1 | | Saltykov Nikolai Nikolaevich [uk] | October 1919 | December 1919 | Constitutional Democratic Party |

### Soviet period

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
| 1 | Lazko Mykhailo Mykolayovych | 1917 | 1917 | Communist Party |
| 2 | Svetlov Ivan Ivanovich | 1917 | 1917 | Communist Party |
| 3 | Kin Pavlo Andriyovych [uk] | 1917 | 1919 | Communist Party |
| 4 | Fyodor Sergeyev (Artyom) | 1917 | 1917 | Communist Party |
| 5 | Buzdalin Serhiy Feoktistovych [uk] | 1917 | 1918 | Communist Party |
| 6 | Guly Kostiantyn Makarovych [uk] | 1918 | 1918 | Communist Party |
| 7 | Tyshkov Semyon Yakovlevich | 1919 | 1919 | Communist Party |
| 8 | Ivanov Alexei Nikolaevich [uk] | 1920 | 1920 | Communist Party |
| 9 | Boris Volin | 1920 | 1920 | Communist Party |
| 10 | Andriy Ivanov | 1920 | 1920 | Communist Party |
| 11 | Vasiliy Averin | 1921 | 1921 | Communist Party |
| 12 | Kuznetsov Stepan Matviyovych | 1921 | 1923 | Communist Party |
| 13 | Fedotov Konstantin Yakovlevich [uk] | 1923 | 1925 | Communist Party |
| 14 | Chernukha Oleksiy Danylovych | 1925 | 1925 | Communist Party |
| 15 | Gavrilin Ivan Dmytrovych | 1926 | 1927 | Communist Party |
| 16 | Kozhukhov Ivan Krystanovych | 1927 | 1929 | Communist Party |
| 17 | Borodai Hryhoriy Mykhailovych | 1929 | 1930 | Communist Party |
| 18 | Sidorov Alexander Andreevich | 1930 | 1932 | Communist Party |
| 19 | Kuzoyatov Fedor Petrovich | 1932 | 1933 | Communist Party |
| 20 | Shelehes Ilya Saveliyovych [uk] | 1933 | 1934 | Communist Party |
| 21 | Saratykov Samuil Bezhanovich | 1934 | 1935 | Communist Party |
| 22 | Bogutsky Volodymyr Nykyforovych | 1935 | 1937 | Communist Party |
| 23 | Gress Andriy Ivanovych | 1937 | 1937 | Communist Party |
| 24 | Tkachenko Marko Kindratovich | 1937 | 1937 | Communist Party |
| 25 | Klochko Petro Serhiiovych | 1937 | 1937 | Communist Party |
| 26 | Bobrov Ivan Ivanovich | 1937 | 1939 | Communist Party |
| 27 | Selivanov Alexander Gnatovych [uk] | 1940 | 1948 | Communist Party |
| Military commandant and Ober-Burgomaster of Kharkov during the German occupation 1941-1943 ||||||
| 1 | Erwin Vierow | 24 October 1941 | 3 December 1941 | Nazi Party |
| 2 | Alfred von Puttkamer | 3 December 1941 | 9 February 1942 | Nazi Party |
| 3 | Colonels Landenbach and Loevenich | 9 February 1942 | 20 April 1942 | Nazi Party |
| 4 | Wolfgang Schmidt-Logan | 20 April 1942 | October 1942 | Nazi Party |
| 5 | Kramarenko Oleksiy Ivanovich [uk] | October 1941 | August 1942 | Ukrainian National Committee |
| 6 | Semenenko Oleksandr Platonovych [uk] | 1942 | 15 March 1943 | Ukrainian National Committee |
| 7 | Kozakiewicz Pavlo Pavlovych [uk; ru] | 15 March 1943 | 30 April 1943 | Ukrainian National Committee |
| — | Military Administration | 30 April 1943 | 23 August 1943 | Nazi Party |
| After the German occupation ||||||
| 27 | Selivanov Alexander Gnatovych [uk] | 1940 | 1948 | Communist Party |
| 28 | Sachko Petro Petrovich | 1948 | 1950 | Communist Party |
| 29 | Koptev Anatoliy Panasovych [uk] | 1950 | 1953 | Communist Party |
| 30 | Bulgakov Alexander Alexandrovich [uk] | 1953 | 1953 | Communist Party |
| 31 | Mykhailyk Oleksiy Fedosiiovych | 1953 | 1960 | Communist Party |
| 32 | Fedorenko Konstantin Grigorovich | 1960 | 1961 | Communist Party |
| 33 | Vlasenko Georgy Yukhimovich [uk] | 1961 | 1969 | Communist Party |
| 34 | Gurovy Yuriy Andriyovych [uk] | 1969 | 1976 | Communist Party |
| 35 | Matyushenko Yuriy Yeliseyovych [uk] | 1976 | 1980 | Communist Party |
| 36 | Vedernikov Valentyn Vadymovych [uk] | 1980 | 1984 | Communist Party |
| 37 | Obrevko Volodymyr Volodymyrovych [uk] | 1984 | 1985 | Communist Party |
| 38 | Reznichenko Anatoliy Serhiyovych [uk] | 1985 | 6 August 1985 | Communist Party |
| 39 | Sokolovsky Stepan Mykolayovych [uk] | 6 August 1985 | 6 April 1990 | Communist Party |
| 40 | Yevhen Kushnaryov | 6 April 1990 | April 1998 | Independent |

### Independent Ukraine, after 1991

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
| 1 | Yevhen Kushnaryov | 6 April 1990 | April 1998 | Independent |
| 1 | Yevhen Kushnaryov | 6 April 1990 | April 1998 | People's Democratic Party |
| 2 | Mykhaylo Pylypchuk | April 1998 | 21 March 2002 | Independent |
| 3 | Volodymyr Shumilkin [uk] | 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 | Party of Regions |
| 5 | Hennadiy Kernes | 24 November 2010 | 17 December 2020 | Revival |
| 5 | Hennadiy Kernes | 24 November 2010 | 17 December 2020 | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv |
| 6 | Ihor Terekhov | 11 November 2021 | Incumbent | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv |

## Latest election

Summary of the 31 October 2021 Kharkiv mayoral election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ihor Terekhov | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv | Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv | 146,240 | 50,66 |
| | Mykhailo Dobkin | Mykhailo Dobkin | Independent | 82,008 | 28,41 |
| | Oleksandr Skoryk | Oleksandr Skoryk | European Solidarity | 15,462 | 5,36 |
| | Konstantin Nemychev | Konstantin Nemychev | Independent | 12,258 | 4,25 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 288,654 | 100,00 |