Mayor of Budapest
| Lord Mayor of Budapest | |
|---|---|
| Budapest főpolgármestere | |
since 13 October 2019 | |
| Office of the Lord Mayor | |
| Member of | General Assembly of Budapest |
| Seat | Budapest City Hall |
| Term length | Five years, no term limit |
| Constituting instrument | City Unification Act (1872) |
| Inaugural holder | Károly Kamermayer |
| Formation | 4 November 1873 |
| Deputy | Vice-Mayor |
| Salary | 62,431 USD annually |
| Website | Budapest.hu |
The Mayor of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapest főpolgármestere, officially Lord Mayor of the Municipality of Budapest, pronounced [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈføːpolɡaːrmɛʃtɛrɛ]) is the head of the General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, elected directly for 5-year term since 2014 (previously municipal elections were held quadrennially). Until 1994 the mayor was elected by the General Assembly. The office was called Chairman of the Council of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapest tanácselnöke) between 1950 and 1990, during the Communist period.
Since 1990, the position is domestically known as Lord Mayor (Hungarian: főpolgármester) to distinguish the office from that of the mayors that lead each of Budapest's 23 districts. Between 1873 and 1945, the Lord Mayor of Budapest was representative of the Hungarian government as head of the capital's municipal authority, similarly to the Lord-Lieutenants of Counties.