Mayor of the District of Columbia

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executive position mayoral office political office

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is the elected chief executive of Washington, D.C., responsible for overseeing the city’s government, services, and budget.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive position ⓘ mayoral office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdByStatute	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
electorate	residents of the District of Columbia ⓘ
firstHolder	Walter Washington ⓘ
firstHolderStartTime	1975-01-02 ⓘ
governs	capital city of the United States ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appointment of agency heads in the District of Columbia government ⓘ appointment of the chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools ⓘ emergency declarations in the District of Columbia ⓘ execution of the District of Columbia budget ⓘ preparation of the District of Columbia budget ⓘ proposal of local legislation to the Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ veto of legislation passed by the Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	District of Columbia Department of Health ⓘ District of Columbia Department of Human Services ⓘ District of Columbia Department of Public Works ⓘ District of Columbia Department of Transportation ⓘ District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer ⓘ District of Columbia government agencies ⓘ District of Columbia public schools (through appointed chancellor) ⓘ District of Columbia public services ⓘ Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasPart	Office of the City Administrator of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: Office of the City Administrator Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education ⓘ Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services ⓘ Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure ⓘ Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development ⓘ Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://mayor.dc.gov/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1973 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalStatusOfJurisdiction	federal district ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
officeHolder	Muriel Bowser ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2015-01-02 ⓘ
officeType	elected office ⓘ
partOf	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia government executive branch of the District of Columbia ⓘ
replaces	Commissioner of the District of Columbia ⓘ District of Columbia Council–Mayor form under federal control ⓘ
reportsTo	Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: Council of the District of Columbia (for oversight)
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
seat	John A. Wilson Building ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular vote ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Mayor ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight by the United States Congress ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimits	no statutory term limits ⓘ
termRenewal	renewable ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Law of the District of Columbia → administeredBy → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Public Law 93-198 → createsOffice → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Government of the District of Columbia → hasOffice → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia

District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer → independentOf → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → mayor → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department → overseenBy → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington → positionHeld → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Walter Washington

District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation → subordinateTo → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Department of Public Works → subordinateTo → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Office of Planning → subordinateTo → Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ