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Mayor

Meaning in public administration, with examples

/meə/nounCore term

In public administration, mayor means: The person who leads a city or town's local government; depending on the country, a mayor may be directly elected, chosen by the council or hold a mainly ceremonial role.

In Turkish: belediye başkanı

How it is used

Mayors are elected, take office, chair council meetings and represent the city. The mayor's assistant is a deputy mayor. In Turkey mayors are elected directly, and people distinguish the metropolitan mayor from district mayors.

Example sentences

  1. The mayor opened the new library and thanked the staff who ran the project.

  2. The proposal needs the mayor's approval before it goes to the council.

Common collocations

  • deputy mayor
  • elected mayor
  • mayor's office
  • district mayor
  • municipalityA city or town that has its own local government, or that local government body itself, with duties such as water supply, waste, local roads and building permits.
  • councilA group of elected or appointed people who make decisions for an area or organization, especially the elected body that governs a city, town or district.
  • local governmentThe system of elected councils and their administrations that run services for a city, town or region, such as waste collection, local roads and parks.
  • metropolitan municipalityA large city government that covers a whole urban area and coordinates the smaller district municipalities within it, especially in the Turkish local government system.

More terms: Local Government

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