Editing Mayor (section)

===Ukraine===
In [[Ukraine]] the title "head of the city" ({{Lang|uk-latn|misky holova}}; unofficially the foreign adaptation {{Lang|uk-latn|mer}} also is present) was introduced in 1999. Since then, the post is elected by all residents of the city. Before that date, the post was elected by members of the city council only and was known as head of the city council, which ''ex officio'' also serves as the head of the executive committee. For the cities that carry special status such as [[Kyiv]] and [[Sevastopol]], the head of the city was a matter of long debate and the post is regulated by special laws.

Since 2015 a post of {{Lang|uk-latn|starosta}} ('elder') has been implemented at the lower level of the administrative-territorial pyramid. Candidates to the post are also elected by members of the territorial community ({{Lang|uk-latn|hromada}}). The post is historical and existed in the territory of Ukraine during the times of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].