Saint Petersburg City Administration

Saint Petersburg City Administration is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny.

It is headed by the governor of Saint Petersburg (Mayor of Saint Petersburg before 1996). 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 (Full text in Russian: ), the governor is now proposed by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative Assembly.

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

• Anatoly Sobchak (Mayor, 1991 - 1996, elected in 1991, lost the elections in 1996)
• Vladimir Yakovlev (Governor, 1996 - 2003 (elected in 1996 and 2000, resigned in 2003 a year before the second term expiration, First deputy Mayor in 1994 - 1996)
• Alexander Beglov (acting Governor in June - October 2003)
• Valentina Matviyenko (Governor, elected in 2003, proposed by the president and approved by the Legislative Assembly in 2006)

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

• Committee for City Improvement and Roads
• Committee for External Relations and Tourism (Heads: Vladimir Putin (June 28 1991, – June 1996), Gennadiy...... ...
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