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The City of Kiev has a unique legal status compared to the other administrative subdivisions of Ukraine. The most significant difference is that the city is functionally independent of the ''oblast'' (province) which it located in. That is, Kiev is subordinated directly to the national-level branches of the Government of Ukraine, skipping the provincial level authorities of Kiev Oblast, but ''hosting'' the administrative and infrastructure bodies for the latter. The unique standing of the city's institutions of self-governance reflects the role of Kiev as the capital of Ukraine and is also based on the city's historical administrative status within the Soviet Union where Kiev held the position of a ''City of republican subordination. The head of the local government (the Mayor of Kiev) is elected, rather than appointed, and the municipal government has greater latitude in local affairs that elsewhere in Ukraine. The President of Ukraine appoints the Head of Kiev City Administration. Presently, the Kiev City Council Secretary and Deputy Mayor Galyna Gerega is the acting Mayor of Kiev,〔(Kyiv City Council accepts Mayor Chernovetsky's resignation )〕 (Acting) Head of Kiev City Administration is Anatoliy Holubchenko since 14 December 2013.〔 (Янукович відсторонив Попова з посади голови КМДА ''Yanukovych dismissed Popov as head of Kyiv City State Administration'' ), RBC Ukraine (14 December 2013) (The opposition demanded an early appointment of the date of elections of Kyiv mayor and Kiev city council ), Ukrainian National News (14 December 2013)〕 Currently, the legal status and the local government of Kiev is regulated by the special provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine as well as a combination of Ukrainian laws, namely the ''Law on the capital of Ukraine - Hero City Kiev'',〔(The Law of Ukraine "On the Capital of Ukraine — Hero City Kiev" ) dated January 15, 1999 〕〔( Annotation to the Law ) 〕〔(Interpretation of certain terms in the Law ) by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine 〕 the ''Law on the local state administration''〔(The Law of Ukraine on the Local State Administration ) last amended December 21, 2006 〕 and the ''Law on local self-governance in Ukraine''.〔( The Law of Ukraine on the Local Self-Governance in Ukraine ), last amended December 19, 2006 〕 Its special administrative status is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine and is governed in accordance with laws passed by Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The scope and structure of the Kiev local government and the status of the current Kiev City Council is the subject of an ongoing bitter legal and political crisis. The oppositional parties that dominate the city after the recent elections consider the City Council term of authority expired and effectively block attempts at its convening through mass protest. == Legal status within the administrative subdivision of Ukraine == Kiev is a national-level subordinated municipality (officially ''"a city with special status"''), which means that the city is directly subordinated to national-level government rather than to the provincial level authorities of Kiev Oblast, which surrounds the city. Of only two special status municipalities of national-level subordination in Ukraine (the other being the city of Sevastopol also administratively independent from the surrounding Autonomous Republic of Crimea) Kiev's status somewhat differs from the status of Sevastopol as the latter's scope of local government is narrower. Kiev city itself is divided into administrative raions (districts), which have their own units of central and local government with jurisdiction over a limited scope of affairs. Raions are the lowest level of the city's government although some of the raions include geographically distinct "villages" (e.g., surrounded by forest). As with other raions inside Ukrainian cities, Kiev City Council is deputed to define the jurisdiction of its raions' authorities. However, only Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) may create, or liquidate the raions, or change their administrative boundaries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legal status and local government of Kiev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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