Mayor of Budapest

Mayor of Budapest
Budapest főpolgármestere
Coat of arms of Budapest
Incumbent Gergely Karácsony since 13 October 2019
Residence	Budapest City Hall
Term length	Five years (since 2014)
Inaugural holder	Károly Kamermayer
Formation	4 November 1873
Salary	62,431 USD annually[1]
Website	Budapest.hu

The Mayor of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapest főpolgármestere, pronounced [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈføːpolɡaːrmɛʃtɛrɛ]) is the head of the General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, elected directly for 5-year term since 2014 (previously municipal elections were held quadrennially). Until 1994 the mayor was elected by the General Assembly. The office was called Chairman of the Council of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapest tanácselnöke) between 1950 and 1990, during the Communist period.

Since 1990, the position is domestically known as Lord Mayor (Hungarian: főpolgármester) to distinguish the office from that of the mayors that lead each of Budapest's 23 districts. Between 1873 and 1945, the Lord Mayor of Budapest was representative of the Hungarian government as head of the capital's municipal authority, similarly to the Lord-Lieutenants of Counties.