Editing Łódź (section)

===Government===
[[File:20180913 182134 Pałac Juliusza Heinzla.jpg|thumb|right|[[Juliusz Heinzl Palace]] (left) serves as the seat of city authorities and the local council.]]
The city's governance is executed by ''Urząd Miasta Łodzi'', a local council or [[town hall]], currently based at [[Juliusz Heinzl Palace]].<ref name="Bip1">{{cite web |url=https://bip.uml.lodz.pl/urzad-miasta/ |title=Urząd Miasta |date=2024 |website=bip.uml.lodz.pl |publisher=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej |access-date=14 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref> The power is divided between the [[List of mayors of Łódź|President of Łódź]] (''Prezydent Łodzi''), a title held by the [[mayor]], and the ''Rada Miejska'' assembly comprising 37 elected deputies.<ref name="Bip2">{{cite web |url=https://bip.uml.lodz.pl/wladze/rada-miejska-w-lodzi/ |title=Rada Miejska w Łodzi |date=2024 |website=bip.uml.lodz.pl |publisher=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej |access-date=14 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref> The term in office for deputies is 5 years.<ref name="Bip2"/> Łódź also acts as a [[city with powiat rights]], exercising the powers and duties of a local [[powiat]] county.<ref name="Bip3">{{cite web |url=https://bip.uml.lodz.pl/wladze/ |title=Władze |date=2024 |website=bip.uml.lodz.pl |publisher=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej |access-date=14 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>

Łódź is the capital of [[Łódź Voivodeship]], one of Poland's 16 provinces, and hosts the [[voivodeship sejmik]] – a regional assembly.{{sfn|Badziak|Łapa|2009}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}} The city is also the seat of the [[voivode]], the province's governor who is the representative of the [[Council of Ministers (Poland)|Polish Council of Ministers]] in the voivodeship, is the head of the combined government administration, acts as supervisory authority over local government units and as a higher-level authority within the meaning of the provisions on administrative proceedings.{{sfn|Badziak|Łapa|2009}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}
[[File:2024 Niemieckie Gimnazjum Reformowane 1.jpg|thumb|Court of Appeal in Łódź covering the jurisdiction of the district courts in [[Kalisz]], Łódź, [[Piotrków Trybunalski]], [[Płock]] and [[Sieradz]]]]

In medieval times, the town was governed by the [[burgomaster]], who began his term as early as 1470. The first individual who held the title of 
"president" was Karol Tangermann, a close aide of [[Rajmund Rembieliński]], when it was still a part of [[Congress Poland]].<ref name="Podolska">{{cite book |last1=Podolska |first1=Joanna |last2=Waingertner |first2=Przemysław |date=2008 |title=Prezydenci miasta Łodzi  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA0sAQAAIAAJ&q=karol%20tangermann |location=Łódź |publisher=Tow. Naukowe |page=6 |isbn=9788387749866 |language=pl}}</ref> The first president of Łódź under the independent [[Second Polish Republic]] was [[Leopold Skulski]] (1917–1919), who subsequently became the [[prime minister of Poland]].{{sfn|Badziak|Łapa|2009}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}} The incumbent president since 2010 is [[Hanna Zdanowska]] from the [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] party.