Thessaloniki (municipality) country Greece
The Municipality of Thessaloniki (Greek: Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης, Dímos Thessaloníkis) is the second largest municipality by population in Greece after the Municipality of Athens. According to the 2011 Greek census, it has a population of 324,766 inhabitants. The municipality includes the historical center (including the majority of the city's monuments) and about one third of the Thessaloniki Urban Area.History
The Municipality of Thessaloniki was founded in 1869, one year after the foundation of the Municipality of Istanbul. The first mayor of the city was the Ottoman Suleiman Sundi. Another notable mayor of the Ottoman era was Ahmed Hamdi Bey Galizade (1893–1895, 1901–1907, 1907–1908) while the last Muslim mayor was Osman Sait Bey (1912–1916, 1920–1922), who remained in office until the Greek–Turkish population exchange. The first Greek mayor of Thessaloniki was Konstantinos Angelakis while the current mayor is Konstantinos Zervas (independent) who is in office since 2019.
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