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The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.

Commonwealth of Nations[link]

John Stuttard, Lord Mayor of London during the 2006 Lord Mayor's Show

• In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong. See list of cities in Australia.
• In Canada, the only two towns with a Lord Mayor are Niagara-on-the-Lake, as recognition of its role as the first Capital of Upper Canada, and Brantford, Ontario with the honorary Lord Mayor Walter Gretzky.^[1]
• In the Malaysian federal capital Kuala Lumpur (Federal territory separated from Selangor, since 1 February 1974) established on 1 February 1972.^{[citation needed]}
• In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post conferred by letters patent. See List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom.
• In Uganda, the only jurisdiction with a Lord Mayor is Kampala, in recognition of its status as the capital city of the country.

Ireland[link]

• In the Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin (granted under the Kingdom of Ireland) and Lord Mayor of Cork (granted when this city was part of the United Kingdom) still exist, and are symbolic titles as in the UK.

Equivalents in other languages[link]

• In Denmark, as the translation of Danish Overborgmester, it is the title of the highest Mayor of Denmark's capital city, Copenhagen.
• In Germany, it is sometimes (and perhaps anachronistically or incongruously) used to translate German Oberbürgermeister, the title of the mayors of large, often county-free cities. Especially in large cities that consist of subunits governed also by mayors, the title Oberbürgermeister is usually used to distinguish the head executive of the entire city from those of the subunits. As in Australia, Germany's mayors serve as the actual executive leaders of their cities. Moreover, the post of mayor in the three German city-states is equivalent to that of a Ministerpräsident (head of government of one of Germany's constitutive States) and the respective post is referred to as Regierender Bürgermeister (Governing Mayor) in Berlin and Erster Bürgermeister (First Mayor) in Hamburg.
• In Finland, the head city manager of the capital, Helsinki, is customarily given by the country's President the title ylipormestari [loosely translated: "high mayor"] (which then generally is much more used of the official than kaupunginjohtaja, the title of the office itself), a tradition that resembles closely the Lord Mayoralties in other countries.
• In Serbia, the Mayor is the head of a city or a town. He acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executive function.
• In Romania and Moldova, the mayors of the capitals (Bucharest and Chişinău, respectively) are named Primar General which means General Mayor. The name is ceremonial and it has no higher powers than mayors of other cities.
• In Hungary, the mayor of the capital Budapest is called főpolgármester which means Chief Mayor. Only the capital has a főpolgármester.
• In ancient China, jīng zhào yĭn (京兆尹) was the title given to the mayor of capital city, jīng zhào (京兆). Today, on the other hand, city mayor and party-appointed secretary (actual leader) of the four direct-controlled municipalities, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing, though without special titles, share the rank of provincial governor and party-appointed secretary.
• In Estonia, the mayor of the capital (Tallinn), was named Lord Mayor (Ülemlinnapea) from 1938 to 1940.
• In Czech Republic, the mayor of cities larger than 100,000 citizens (currently five cities) is called Primátor

In fiction[link]

In The Beatles's movie Yellow Submarine, the fictional utopia of Pepperland has a lord mayor. It is the lord mayor who sends Old Fred to find help after the Blue Meanies attack.

See also[link]

• Lord Provost, the similar post in Scotland

References[link]

Erias Lukwago (Ssalongo) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current Lord Mayor of the city of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest metropolitan area in the country. He was elected to that position on Monday, 14 January 2011. ^[1]

Background[link]

He was born in Kampala on 11 May 1970, to Hajj Muhammad Mirundi and Hajjat Salmati Nkayaga. Lukwago is reported to have more than twenty (20) siblings.^[2] from the Nkima Clan of Buganda

Education[link]

Erias Lukwago attended Makerere University between 1995 until 1997, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB). He went on to obtain the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in 1998. He also holds a Certificate in Advocacy Skills from the International Law Institute.^[3]

Work experience[link]

Since 1998 until now, Erias Lukwago has worked as the Managing Partner, in the offices of Lukwago and Co. Advocates, a Kampala law firm that specializes in Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law. In 2005 he was elected to the Ugandan Parliament, on the Democratic Party ticket, representing Central Kampala Constituency. While in parliament, he served on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and on the Local Government Accounts Committee. He resigned from Parliament in 2011, and was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Kampala, a position he holds until today. Lukwago has in the past served as National Legal Adviser to the Democratic Party in Uganda, and as Shadow Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs.^[4] On Friday 20 May 2011, Lukwago was sworn in as Lord Mayor of the city of Kampala, for a five-year term.^[5][6]

Personal details[link]

Erias Lukwago is married and is the father of four (4) children including twins. He has in the past been a member of the Democratic Party in Uganda, although in the 2011 elections he ran as an Independent.^[7]

External links[link]

• How the City Mayoral Seat Was Won In 2011
• Kampala: What New City Executives Will Do

See also[link]

• Kampala Capital City Authority

Succession table[link]

References[link]

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David Wootton (born 20 July 1950, Yorkshire) is the 684th Lord Mayor of London, from 2011 to 2012. He is the Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn.^[1]

Early life[link]

Wootton was educated at Bradford Grammar School, before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge to read Classics and then Law. While at Cambridge, he was also able to captain his college’s First Boat in 1972 when the crew swept the board against all comers – and he still tries to ensure he rows there once a year with his contemporaries.

Career[link]

In 1979 he became a Partner at Allen & Overy,^[2] the international law firm headquartered in London with offices in 24 other countries, specialising in corporate transactions and best-practice compliance with law and regulation in corporate governance. This involves dealing with mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and joint ventures across various international markets. Having a strong interest in the governance of the City of London, Wootton stood for election to Common Council and was elected as Member for the Ward of Farringdon Within in 2002. In 2005 he was elected Alderman for the Ward of Langbourn. He was Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Policy and Resources and the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committees. In 2009 he was elected Sheriff of the City of London. Wootton has been elected to be Lord Mayor of London in 2011/2012. Wootton has made time throughout his career to devote to charitable and community activities in promotion of education and sport. Away from the City Corporation, he is a member of

• the Management Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the King’s Fund^[3]
• Chairman of the City of London Branch of the Institute of Directors
• President of the Society of Young Freemen
• the Council of the City Livery Club
• Chairman of the Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum
• Chairman of the Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge) Trust and the Misys Charitable Foundation
• Music Patron of St Paul’s Cathedral
• a Director of the City of London Festival and the Local Government Association

A Committee member of the City of London Law Society, David is also Governor of several institutions, including:

• the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
• King Edward’s School Witley and the City of London Academy (Southwark)

He has been a member of:

• Almoner of Christ’s Hospital
• the Development Board of The Institute of Cancer Research
• the Council of the National Trust (elected)
• the Worshipful Company of Fletchers (2005/6)
• Master of The City of London Solicitors’ Company (2010/11)
• Court Assistant of The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
• Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and the Worshipful Company of Bowyers
• a Freeman of The Company of Watermen and Lightermen and The Worshipful Company of Woolmen
• and an Honorary Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals

Wootton is also currently Honourary Vice President and serves on the Council of the City Livery Club and is President of the Society of Young Freemen. He is also a member of Leander and the London Rowing Clubs, and the Athenaeum and the City of London Clubs.

Personal life[link]

Wootton is married to Elizabeth (Liz) and has two sons (James and Christopher), two daughters (Alexandra and Sophie) and three grandchildren (Ellie, Lucy and Casper). David and Liz live in Sevenoaks, Kent. His father was born in Smallthorne Stoke on Trent. He still enjoys going back and visiting some of his old haunts.

References[link]

External links[link]

• www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
• Debrett's People of Today