Kyiv City Council (Ukrainian: Київська міська рада, romanized: Kyivska miska rada[ˈkɪjiu̯sʲkɐmʲiˈsʲkaˈradɐ]), also known as Kyivrada (Ukrainian: Київрада), is the city council of Kyivmunicipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kyivans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kyiv (who is also directly elected in a separate election independent of the council election) or the City Council Secretary (elected among the council members). The deputies are elected for five-year terms.[5]
In its 1781 first municipal elections just under 6,000 of Kyiv's 70,500 inhabitants were qualified to vote.[8]
The first post-Soviet democratic elections of the Kyiv City Council took place on 4 March 1990.[9]
The first ceremonial raising of the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag in modern times took place on 24 July 1990 at the flagstaff of the City Council, two years before the flag was officially adopted as the National flag of the Ukrainian state (1992).[10] 24 July was later marked as National Flag Day in Kyiv (only).[10] Beginning with 2004, 23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag (in all Ukraine).[11][10]
During the Euromaidan-protest from 1 December 2013 till 16 February 2014 Kyiv's Town Hall was occupied by protesters; this forced the City Council to meet in the Solomianka Raion state administration building instead.[12][13]
1Occupied by Russia and administered as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol; 2Due to the war in Donbass, regular functions of regional councils in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were suspended until the end of hostilities.
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