Editing Vilnius (section)

====Vilnius City Municipality====
The Vilnius City Municipality is the representative self-government organ, one of 60 [[municipalities of Lithuania]]. In addition to Vilnius proper, it includes the town of [[Grigiškės]], as well as the villages and rural areas of the {{ill|Grigiškės eldership|lt|Grigiškių seniūnija}}.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The {{ill|Vinius City Municipal Council|lt|Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės taryba}}, established in 1990,<ref name="LRistorija"/> is elected to four-year terms, and candidates are nominated by political parties and committees.<ref name="Taryba">{{cite web |title=Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės taryba |url=https://vilnius.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/?stid=111 |website=Vilnius.lt |access-date=2 October 2021 |language=lt}}</ref> Beginning with the 2011 elections, independent candidates are permitted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kandidatų kėlimas |url=https://www.vrk.lt/kandidatu-kelimas |website=Vrk.lt |access-date=2 October 2021 |language=lt}}</ref> Its executive organ is the {{ill|Vilnius City Municipality Administration|lt|Vilniaus miesto savivaldybės administracija}}.

Before 2015, mayors were appointed by the council.<ref name="TV3merai">{{cite web |title=Nuo šiol merai Lietuvoje bus renkami tiesiogiai |url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/lietuva/nuo-siol-merai-lietuvoje-bus-renkami-tiesiogiai-n796274 |website=TV3.lt |access-date=2 October 2021 |language=lt}}</ref> Beginning that year, mayors were elected in a [[two-round system]].<ref name="TV3merai"/> Remigijus Šimašius was the city's first directly elected mayor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pocytė |first=Kristina |title=Lithuania makes its choice: odd unions raise some, side-line others |quote=R. Šimašius to remain as mayor in Vilnius for another term |url=https://en.delfi.lt/archive/lithuania-makes-its-choice-odd-unions-raise-some-side-line-others.d?id=80648545 |work=Delfi: The Lithuania Tribune |location=Lithuania |access-date=16 April 2019 |date=18 March 2019}}</ref>