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Women mayors in Germany
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In Germany only 9% of mayors are women. Among the country's 331 towns and cities only 29 have female mayors. February 2024
World mayors, their parties and politics
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Even after the reassertion of the nation-state amid multiple global crises, policy interest in city mayors and their impact on most people’s lives remains undiminished, with planetary urbanisation as a megatrend continuing apace. It is well understood that by 2050 over two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, with a city the size of Stockholm added to the planet each week. But who even gets to govern the actual City of Stockholm and how? July 2023
The killing of Mexican Mayors
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Since 2005, when Fernando Chávez López, municipal president of Buenavista Tomatlán, Michoacán was shot dead by three hitmen, the killings of mayors, other local government officers and politicians as well as journalist and business people in Mexico have been relentless. According to City Mayors Research, during the course of four presidencies, some 102 mayors, substitute mayors and mayors-elect were killed. January 2023
American mayors and their use of mass media
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US mayors and other elected officials need the mass media to spread information, and the media need politicians for content. With the rise of electronic communications, many American mayors have struggled to negotiate their symbiotic relationship with the media. December 2022
The murdered mayors of the Philippines
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Rodrigo Duterte, the former Mayor of Davao and Philippine President from 2016 to 2022, began his “war on drugs” virtually as soon as he was sworn into office in June 2016. By the end of his presidency, his campaign, which was largely modelled on his approach to illegal narcotics as Mayor of Davao, claimed tens of thousands of lives. Among the victims were 28 mayors and vice mayors, most of them killed by unidentified gunmen. Others were shot dead by police officers, some even while in police custody. The country’s Catholic leaders called the campaign a “reign of terror”. December 2022
Freedom Mayors
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Mayors must act at all times in the interest of their citizens. They must do so without Fear or Favour. November 2022
Women mayors in South America
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Women are grossly underrepresented at the top of local government in the majority of South American cities. City Mayors reveals that, across the continent, only just over eleven per cent of large cities have female mayors. September 2022
Women mayors in Europe
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Europe lacks women mayors. Just under 17 per cent of the continent’s largest cities have women - elected or appointed - as their leaders. February 2022
Europe's most powerful female mayors
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While the total number of women mayors across Europe is deplorably low, some of the continent’s politically, economically and culturally most important cities have female leaders. February 2022
Capital cities with women mayors
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A quarter of the world's capital cities have women mayors. November 2021
World Mayor 2023
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Winners of the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards January 2024
African-American mayors
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State by state list of towns and cities with African-American mayors December 2020
Belgian mayors
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Belgian local government and mayors of largest cities October 2020
British mayors
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English local government and city and regional mayors May 2024
London boroughs and their leaders
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Services provided by London boroughs; Renumeration of elected mayors and council leaders February 2022
Canadian mayors
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Canadian local government and mayors of largest cities April 2023
French mayors
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French local government and mayors of largest cities July 2020
German mayors
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German local government and mayors of largest cities September 2022
Indian mayors
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Indian local government and mayors of largest cities December 2020
Italian mayors
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Italian local government and mayors of largest cities July 2022
Japanese mayors
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Japanese local government and mayors of largest cities February 2024
Polish mayors
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Polish mayors and mayors of largest cities December 2021
Spanish mayors
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Spanish local government and mayors of largest cities September 2020
Turkish mayors
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Turkish local government and mayors of largest cities October 2019
US mayors and their salaries
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American local government; Mayors of largest US cities; Salaries paid to American mayors February 2022
Women mayors in the US
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Largest American cities with women mayors May 2023
Mayor of Freetown,
Sierra Leone
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Profile of Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr August 2021
Mayor of Raqqa, Syria
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Profile of Leila Mustapha August 2021
Mayors fighting Covid
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International comparison August 2020
European mayors
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Mayors in Europe: Powers and politics August 2019
Salaries of French mayors
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Mayors' salaries depend on city size November 2019
Salaries of British mayors
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Britain's public service ethos curbs elected mayors' salaries May 2023
Salaries of German mayors
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Germany's big-city mayors receive relatively modest financial rewards September 2022
Salaries of Japanese mayors
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Japanese mayors receive upper management salaries January 2022
Largest cities in the world and their mayors
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Largest 300 cities in the world July 2017
Voter turnout in
mayoral elections
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International comparison of voter turnout in mayoral elections May 2018
Mayors and Politics
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World mayors their parties and politics January 2018
Women mayors
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Largest cities in the world with women mayors July 2017
Capital cities
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Mayors of the world's capital cities December 2019
World Mayor 2018
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World Mayor 2018 was dedicated to women mayors February 2019
Women in US
local government
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American cities where women thrive in politics September 2017

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