# List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration

The following is a list of the mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration, covering the period from 1786 to the present day. Originally the city was known as Yekaterinoslav. Dnipro is Ukraine's third largest city with over a million inhabitants, and is a major industrial and financial centre.
The position was established sometime in 1786 when the city merchant Ivan Shevelyov was elected the first head of the city. Since 1999 the city's chief administration position (city mayor) is elected by popular vote and officially known as Head of the city.

## Name of the position

* 1786 - 1917 Head of the city
* 1917 - 1941 unknown (either Head of the city's council or executive committee)
* 1943 - 1998 Head of the city's executive committee (according to the city's web portal)
* 1999 - present Head of the city (City mayor)

## Russian Empire
### Yekaterinoslav

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| Jun 1786–1787 | Ivan Shevelev | Шевелев Иван | mayor |
| 1791–1794 | Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov | Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович | mayor |
| 1794–1796 | Peter Ivanovich Bashmakov | Башмаков Петр Иванович | mayor |

### Novorossiysk

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| 1796–1797 | Gregory Kustov | Кустов Григорий | mayor |
| 1797–1800 | Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov | Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович | mayor |
| 1800–1803 | Kuzma Molchanov | Молчанов Кузьма | mayor |

### Yekaterinoslav

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| 1803–1806 | Peter Chetverikov | Четвериков Петр | mayor |
| 1806–1809 | Athanasius Kokhanov | Коханов Афанасий | mayor |
| 1809–1811 | Stephan Chetverikov | Четвериков Степан | mayor |
| 1811–1812 | Dmitri Yemelianovich Goriainov | Горяинов Дмитрий Емельянович | mayor |
| 1812–1817 | Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov | Колесников Иван Васильевич | mayor |
| 1818–1821 | Demian Kiselev | Киселев Демьян | mayor |
| 1821–1825 | Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov | Колесников Иван Васильевич | mayor |
| 1825–1828 | Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin | Рохлин Яков Андреевич | mayor |
| Jan 1828 – Apr 1828 | Ivan Stepanovich Pcholkin | Пчелкин Иван Степанович | mayor |
| Apr 1828 – Sep 1828 | Ivan Vasilievich Kolesnikov | Колесников Иван Васильевич | mayor |
| 1830–1833 | Fedor Safronovich Duplenko | Дупленко Федор Сафронович | mayor |
| 1833–1834 | Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin | Рохлин Яков Андреевич | mayor |
| 1834–1836 | Andrei Ivanovich Kirpishnikov | Кирпишников Андрей Иванович | mayor |
| 1836–1839 | Jacob Andreivich Rokhlin | Рохлин Яков Андреевич | mayor |
| 1839–1842 | Ivan Timothyvich Artamonov | Артамонов Иван Тимофеевич | mayor |
| 1842–1843 | Ilya Ivanovich Tarkhov | Тархов Илья Иванович | mayor |
| 1843–1846 | Thomas Fedorovich Bogdanov | Богданов Фома Федорович | mayor |
| 1846–1847 | Procopius Andreivich Belyavskii | Белявский Прокопий Андреевич | acting mayor |
| 1847–1851 | Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin | Ловягин Иван Изотович | mayor |
| Apr 1851–1854 | Procopius Andreivich Belyavskii | Белявский Прокопий Андреевич | mayor |
| 1854–1860 | Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin | Ловягин Иван Изотович | mayor |
| 1860–1861 | Yegor Ptitsyn | Птицын Егор | acting mayor |
| Nov 1861–1864 | Ivan Izotovich Lovyagin | Ловягин Иван Изотович | mayor |
| 1864–1864 | Dei Mikhailovich Minakov | Минаков Дей Михайлович | acting mayor |
| 1864–1865 | Konstantin Demyanovich Kiselev | Киселев Константин Демьянович | mayor |
| 1865–1868 | Dei Mikhailovich Minakov | Минаков Дей Михайлович | mayor |
| 1868–1871 | DV Pcholkin | Пчелкин Д. В. | mayor |
| 1871–1877 | Dei Mikhailovich Minakov | Минаков Дей Михайлович | mayor |
| 1877–1885 | Peter Vasilievich Kalabuhov | Калабухов Петр Васильевич | mayor |
| 1885–1888 | Ivan Mikhailovich Yakovlev | Яковлев Иван Михайлович | mayor |
| 7 Feb 1889–1893 | Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov | Толстиков Александр Яковлевич | mayor |
| 1893–1901 | Ivan Gavrilovic Grekov | Греков Иван Гаврилович | mayor |
| 1901–1901 | Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov | Толстиков Александр Яковлевич | mayor |
| 1901–1902 | Peter Filippovich Volkov | Волков Петр Филиппович | acting mayor |
| 1902 – Nov 1905 | Alexander Yakovlevich Tolstikov | Толстиков Александр Яковлевич | mayor |
| Nov 1905 – 26 Nov 1909 | Ivan Yakovlevich Esau | Эзау Иван Яковлевич | mayor |
| 1909 – 17 Mar 1917 | Ivan Vasilievich Sposobny | Способный Иван Васильевич | mayor |

## Ukraine

(Ukrainian People's Republic)
List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| 1917–1917 | Kostyantyn Ihorevych Makarenko | Макаренко Константин Игорьевич | acting mayor |
| Aug 1917–1917 | Vasyl Ivanovych Osypov | Осипов Василий Иванович | mayor |
| 1918 – 1 Feb 1919 | Ivan Yakovych Ezau | Эзау Иван Яковлевич | mayor |

## Ukrainian SSR
### Dnepropetrovsk / Dnipropetrovsk

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| 1927–1928 | Fedor Fedorovich Ryazanov | Рязанов Фёдор Фёдорович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1929–1929 | Bogdanova | Богданова Анна Ефимовна | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1929–1933 | Pavel Sorokin | Сорокин Павел Дмитриевич | head of the municipal council (soviet) |
| 1930–1932 | Fedor Ivanovich Zaitsev | Зайцев Федор Иванович | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1933–1933 | Kisilev | Кисилев | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1933–1933 | Nikolai Vasilievich Golubenko | Голубенко Николай Васильевич | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1933–1936 | Ivan Andreevich Gavrilov | Гаврилов Иван Андреевич | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1934–1934 | Miroshnichenko | Мирошниченко | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1935–1935 | Belyaev | Беляев | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1935–1936 | Rudenko | Руденко | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| Dec 1936 – Jul 1937 | Peter Constantinovich Vetrov | Ветров Петр Константинович | municipal party committee secretary |
| 1937–1937 | Petrichenko | Петриченко | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| Nov 1937 – 24 Feb 1938 | Demian Sergeivich Korotchenko | Коротченко Демьян Сергеевич | acting first secretary of the municipal committee CP |
| 24 Feb 1938 – Jun 1938 | Semen Borisovich Zadionchenko | Задионченко Семен Борисович | acting first secretary of the municipal committee CP |
| Jun 1938 – Jul 1941 | Semen Borisovich Zadionchenko | Задионченко Семен Борисович | first secretary of the urban committee CP |
| 1938–1938 | Khrenov | Хренов | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| 1939–1939 | Martynov | Мартынов | head of the municipal council (soviet) and urban executive committee |
| Dec 1939 – Jul 1941 | Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov | Щелоков Николай Анисимович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1941–1942 | Rudolf Klostermann | Клостерман Рудольф | commissioner of the city on behalf of the Third Reich |
| 1941–1943 | PT Sokolovsky | Соколовский П. Т. | head of city council |
| 1943–1945 | Didenko Gavrilovich Manzyuk | Манзюк Николай Гаврилович | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1943–1944 | GP Vinnik | Винник Г. П. | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1944–1945 | Gerasimov | Герасимов | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1945–1947 | Pavel Andreevich Naydenov | Найденов Павел Андреевич | first secretary of the urban committee CP |
| 1945–1952 | Nikolai Evstafevich Gavrilenko | Гавриленко Николай Евстафьевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1947–1950 | Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev | Брежнев Леонид Ильич | first secretary of the urban committee CP |
| 1952–1957 | Nikolai Andreevich Raspopov | Распопов Николай Андреевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1957–1963 | Nikolai Evstafevich Gavrilenko | Гавриленко Николай Евстафьевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1961–1964 | Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov | Чебриков Виктор Михайлович | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1963–1964 | Grigory Mikhailovich Sokurenko | Сокуренко Григорий Михайлович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1964–1967 | Boris Ivanovich Karmazin | Кармазин Борис Иванович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1964–1970 | Ivan Vasilievich Yatsuba | Яцуба Иван Васильевич | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1967–1970 | Eugene Viktorovich Kachalovskaya | Качаловский Евгений Викторович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1970–1974 | Eugene Viktorovich Kachalovskaya | Качаловский Евгений Викторович | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1970–1974 | Victor Grigorievich Boyko | Бойко Виктор Григорьевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1974–1976 | Victor Grigorievich Boyko | Бойко Виктор Григорьевич | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1974–1981 | Ivan Afanasievich Lyakh | Лях Иван Афанасьевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1976–1983 | Vladimir Petrovich Oshko | Ошко Владимир Петрович | first secretary of the city party committee |
| 1981–1989 | Alexander Vasilivich Migdeev | Мигдеев Александр Васильевич | chief of municipal executive committee |
| 1983–1988 | Nikolai Grigorievich Omelchenko | Омельченко Николай Григорьевич | first secretary of the city party committee |
| Dec 1988–1991 | Vladimir Grigorievich Yatsuba | Яцуба Владимир Григорьевич | first secretary of the city party committee |
| Oct 1989 – Mar 1991 | Pustovoitenko, Valery Pavlovich | Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| Oct 1990–1991 | Vladimir Grigorievich Yatsuba | Яцуба Владимир Григорьевич | head of city council |

## Ukraine
### Dnipropetrovsk

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| Mar 1991 – Apr 1993 | Valery Pavlovych Pustovoitenko | Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович | head of city council |
| 1991–1993 | Valery Pavlovych Pustovoitenko | Пустовойтенко Валерий Павлович | chief of municipal executive committee |
| Apr 1993 – Jun 1994 | Victor Timofiyovych Merkushov | Меркушов Виктор Тимофеевич | head of the committee and city council |
| Jun 1994 – Oct 1999 | Mykola Antonovych Shvets | Швец Николай Антонович | head of the committee and city council |
| Apr 1999 – Jan 2000 | Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko | Куличенко Иван Иванович | acting mayor |
| Jan 2000 – Oct 2014 | Ivan Ivanovych Kulichenko | Куличенко Иван Иванович | mayor |
| Oct 2014 – Mar 2015 | Maksym Romanenko | Максима Романенко | acting mayor |
| Mar 2015 – Nov 2015 | Halyna Bulavka | Галина Булавка | acting mayor |
| Nov 2015 – 2016 | Borys Albertovich Filatov | Філатов Борис Альбертович | mayor |

### Dnipro

List of mayors and political chiefs of the Dnipro city administration :
| Date | Name in English | Name | Post |
| 2016 – present | Borys Albertovich Filatov | Філатов Борис Альбертович | mayor |