Saint Petersburg City Administration (Администрация Санкт-Петербурга) is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny and known as the Government of Saint Petersburg (Правительство Санкт-Петербурга).
The head of the administration is the Governor of Saint Petersburg (Mayor of Saint Petersburg before 1996). In 1991 – 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 was proposed by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative Assembly until 2014, while in 2014 the governor was elected by popular vote of the city residents.
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, resigned in 2011) Georgy Poltavchenko (proposed by the president and approved by the Legislative Assembly in August 2011) 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.