Warsaw

:For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation).

Municipal government

Administrative division

Warsaw is a municipal powiat (county) and is further divided into 18 districts, each one known as a dzielnica (map), each one with its own administrative body. Each of the districts is divided into neighborhoods which are not officially recognized by the city but known by most Varsovians. The best known neighborhoods are Stare Miasto and Nowe Miasto in the district of ?ródmie?cie.

Related Topics:
Powiat - Stare Miasto - Nowe Miasto - ?ródmie?cie

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Warsaw districts (since 2002):

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• Bemowo
• Bia?o??ka
• Bielany
• Mokotów
• Ochota
• Praga Pó?noc
• Praga Po?udnie
• Rembertów
• ?ródmie?cie
• Targówek
• Ursus
• Ursynów
• Wawer
• Weso?a (since 2002; a separate city before then)
• Wilanów
• W?ochy
• Wola
• ?oliborz

Notable suburbs include (number of inhabitants given in brackets):

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• Grodzisk Mazowiecki (24,900)
• Legionowo (50,600)
• Marki (19,000)
• Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (27,200)
• Otwock (44,000)
• Piaseczno (25,200)
• Piastów (23,700)
• Pruszków (53,000)
• Wo?omin (36,500)
• ?yrardów (31,900)

The mayor (the President of Warsaw)

::See also: President of Warsaw

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Following the Warsaw Act (Ustawa warszawska) of October 27, 2002, the President of Warsaw carries out the executive duties in the city. His prerogative is, among others, governing the city-owned property that constitutes a major part of the city. The current President of Warsaw is Lech Kaczy?ski.

Related Topics:
October 27 - 2002 - Lech Kaczy?ski

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Municipal government

The Warsaw Act abolished all the former counties around Warsaw and formed one city powiat with a unified municipal government.

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Legislative power in Warsaw is vested in a unicameral City Council (Rada Miasta), which comprises 60 members. Council members are elected directly every four years. Like most legislative bodies, the City Council divides itself into committees which have the oversight of various functions of the city government. Bills passed by a simple majority are sent to the mayor (the President of Warsaw), who may sign them into law. If the mayor vetoes a bill, the Council has 30 days to override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote.

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Each of the 18 separate city districts has its own council (Rada dzielnicy). Their duties are focused on aiding the President and the City Council, as well as supervising various municipal companies, city-owned property and schools. The head of each of the District Councils is named the Mayor (Burmistrz) and is elected by the local council from the candidates proposed by the President of Warsaw.

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